Therapy-Speak in Relationships: What we can learn from Sarah Brady & Jonah Hill

Earlier this month, pro-surfer Sarah Brady posted a series of screenshots to Instagram that depicted direct messages exchanged between herself and a contact saved as ‘Jonah’, allegedly her ex-partner and actor, Jonah Hill. The messages provided an unedited glimpse into the interpersonal exchanges between Brady and Hill, and the public response was both swift and provocative. Most notable, from the perspective of a therapist, was the manipulative mis-use and weaponization of “therapy-speak”.