29 Jun 2019

'The Shrink Next Door': meet the neighbours

From The Podcast Hour, 12:15 pm on 29 June 2019
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Doctor: patient, lawyer: client- there are some special relationships where we trust a professional to do the right thing and to act in our best interests at all times.

The relationship between a psychiatrist and the person going to see them shouldn't be any different. But as 'The Shrink Next Door' shows, things can go badly wrong when we turn to the wrong person for help.

It's an odd, intriguing case of mistaken identity, psychological manipulation, fraud, and a publicity hungry shrink that stretches back nearly 30 years.

We share some of Part 1 of 'The Shrink Next Door' called 'Welcome To The Neighbourhood' written and presented by Joe Nocera and produced by Wondery in partnership with Bloomberg.