In this episode, R and Bri talk about mental health and psychology with special guest Sam Simon. Our discussion topics include Freud, the DSM, and a group of Swedes who called in gay to work.

Sam Simon, MA.Ed., LCMHCA, NCC is a bisexual identifying clinical mental health counselor, and Ph.D. student studying counselor wellness with a history of working in outpatient, hospital, agency, and college counseling settings.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

Freud and homosexuality: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychoanalysis-unplugged/202005/was-freud-gay-friendly

Swedes who called in gay to work: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63529/time-swedes-called-gay-work

Removing gender dysphoria from the DSM: https://www.thetaskforce.org/invalidating-transgender-identities-progress-and-trouble-in-the-dsm-5/

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