Episode 5 Therapeutic Tinder
Julia “….It’s not that trading therapeutic services for a livelihood is the problem – it is because it is embedded in a capitalist framework which by its nature is exploitation and extraction….there is that whole question of how do we care for each other without moetizing it?”
Elizabeth “I love you Julia, where were you yesterday?.....I couldn’t understand why nobody wants to talk to me about the business model. People keep saying yeah, I already know about uberization, lets talk about ChatGPT – they are connected you know because of the business model…..of course it’s going to ruin any chance of universal healthcare…”
Jumanah “…..A ChatGPT or AI girlfriend, which is a reality for many people….does not talk back…so if we’re coming back to thinking about the capacity for conflict, the capacity for deep relating through therapy this is the antithesis to an AI programme being rolled out for free. We really have to question what’s the catch?”
Stories of UberTherapy is a series of six recorded conversations with therapists, social justice activists, trade unionists and progressive tech campaigners to ask if a MuchBetter.Help is possible.
Episode 5 Therapeutic Tinder with Jumanah Younis (Psychotherapist) & Julia MacIntosh (Centre for Mad Culture UK), writers and activists on how to talk about money, love and care in a way that doesn’t cause self-harm.
Hosted by James Farrar, Linda Michaels and Elizabeth Cotton on 11 September 6.30-7.30pm you are invited to attend the launch of our podcast series based around the six chapters of UberTherapy: The new business of mental health.
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Julia Macintosh is the founding director of the Centre for Mad Culture UK, as well as a trustee of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis, UK branch. She also serves in the editorial collectives of both Unpsychology Magazine and Asylum: the radical mental health magazine. She can be found at juliamacintosh.online. Her review of Ubertherapy appeared in Asylum’s winter 2026 issue.
Jumanah Younis isa freelance writer and therapist currently working in private practice. They are interested in anti-oppressive approaches to psychotherapy and how we understand the body in relationship. Jumanah was a frontline worker in gender-based violence charities for over five years and has a background in feminist organising against cuts to services. They have written for the LRB blog, the Guardian and Red Pepper magazine on feminism and popular movements against neoliberalism. Their review of UberTherapy: The New Business of Mental Health is forthcoming in Radical Philosophy (Spring 2026).
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