The Twenty-something Treatment with Dr Meg Jay: How we can better serve young adults

The Business of Psychology

The Twenty-something Treatment with Dr Meg Jay: How we can better serve young adults

Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. Today, I'm happy to welcome Dr Meg Jay, developmental clinical psychologist from Virginia in the US. Meg writes and speaks about the importance of mental health for young people, focusing on the twenty-somethings.

Full show notes and a transcript of this episode are available at The Business of Psychology

Links for Meg:

Instagram: @drmegjay

LinkedIn: Meg Jay PhD

X/Twitter: @drmegjay

Ted Talk: Why 30 is not the new 20

Books:

The Defining Decade

Twentysomething Treatment

Other links/references:

​​Bird by Bird: Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

Rosie on Instagram:

@rosiegilderthorp

@thepregnancypsychologist

The highlights

• Meg tells us how here career in psychology began 00:52
• I ask Meg what problems twenty somethings are coming to therapy for 03:21
• We discuss the impacts of social media 05:17
• Meg talks about what her working life looks like now 09:35
• I ask Meg what we miss when we’re working with this age group 15:16
• Meg talks about the inspiration for her books 22:03
• Meg gives us her advice for getting started with writing 24:26

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