Girlhood, Translated
Understanding Girls in the Age of Therapy Speak and Self-Diagnosis
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Girlhood, Translated
Narrated by:
Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell
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Narrated by:
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Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell
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A new language has entered our culture. Over the past decade, psychiatrist Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell noticed more and more girls describing themselves through the lens of ‘therapy speak’ and psychiatric diagnoses, often pulled from social media. At the same time, she saw parents responding to this jargon with either alarm or dismissiveness, widening the communication gap between the generations.
In Girlhood, Translated, Dr Garfinkle-Crowell explores how therapy speak is reshaping the identities of girls. Drawing on vivid stories from the therapy room, she reveals, with stunning insight and compassion, the dynamics at play underneath the labels. She helps us understand why girls turn to this language in the first place – and what they’re trying to say when they do.
Girlhood, Translated is both an urgent call to change the conversation around mental health and a tender, beautifully written portrait of modern girlhood. Exploring what happens when human emotion is pathologised, Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell shows us how we can move beyond the language of illness towards greater agency, healing and connection.
‘Exceptional. Will change conversations the very next day’ Professor Peter Fonagy
‘Phenomenal. Funny, wise and compassionate’ Catherine Steiner-Adair, author of The Big Disconnect
‘I recommend this book to all who have contact with teenage girls’ Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia and Women Rowing North
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Critic reviews
‘The most energizing book I’ve read this year. As a parent I was transfixed by recognition. As a therapist it opened my eyes’ (Chris Cleave, author of Everyone Brave is Forgiven)
‘This book will change conversations the very next day. Smart, compassionate, and bracingly clear, it distrusts quick labels while honouring real suffering. An exceptional contribution’
(Peter Fonagy, award-winning coauthor of Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of the Self)
(Peter Fonagy, award-winning coauthor of Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of the Self)
‘In this excellent book, [Garfinkle-Crowell] weaves together the history of girls and mental health with how girls see and talk about themselves now. Only someone who truly knows young women could write a book this insightful – and she helps the rest of us actually hear what girls are trying to tell us’ (Rosalind Wiseman, New York Times bestselling author of Queen Bees and Wannabes)
‘Compelling and compulsory. Required reading for anyone seeking to understand the contemporary world of not only girls, but young people in general’ (Jennifer Cox, author of Women Are Angry)
‘This fine book by an excellent therapist and writer offers readers a deep understanding of the internal and external problems of girls today. Best of all, she gives us ideas of how to help girls explore who they truly are and learn to tell their stories with their own true voices. I recommend this book to all who have contact with teenage girls’ (Mary Pipher, New York Times bestselling author of Reviving Ophelia and Women Rowing North)
‘Phenomenal, seminal . . . a delightful trio of funny, wise and compassionate. This is an essential timely read for anyone who works with or cares about girls’
(Catherine Steiner-Adair, author of The Big Disconnect)
(Catherine Steiner-Adair, author of The Big Disconnect)
‘Understanding girls today is impossible without seeing the culture that shapes them. "Therapy speak" has puzzled parents (me included) — and the impulse to dismiss or overreact is real. Dr. Garfinkle-Crowell explains what it means, why it's happening, and — importantly — how to respond with nuance and care. She brings seasoned medical guidance, keen cultural insight, and a deep reverence for the girls she treats. This is a voice you can trust and a resource you will rely on throughout your daughter's young adulthood’ (Rachel Simmons, New York Times bestselling author of Odd Girl Out)
'Girlhood, Translated is both a brilliant decoding of therapy speak and a compassionate reckoning with what gets lost when the language of mental illness becomes the only language young people have for their inner lives' (Rachel Aviv, author of You Won't Get Free of IT)
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