A lecture by Andrew Archer lecturing at the 58th annual Nobel Conference in St. Peter, Minnesota (at Gustavus Adolphus College) September 28th-29th, 2022. The title of the conference was “Mental Health (In)Equity and Young People.” Andrew’s breakout session was titled, “Craving: What the Virtual World is Doing to Us & What We Can Do About It.” This episode is a recording of the second of two 50 minute lectures Andrew did. He stayed for an additional 30 minutes to do Q&A (at the end of this recording). Visit MankatoTherapist.com for more information and to contact Andrew Archer.

The Subversive Therapist
This is not self-help! Andrew Archer, LICSW is a psychotherapist and father of three young children. The Subversive Therapist disrupts the Western notion of self within the cultural myth of hyper-individualism, while exploring personality development, Zen Buddhism, Transactional Analysis, and our relationship to the virtual world. Each episode contains psychological constructs to comprehend who we are and more importantly, who we are becoming in an impotent age of automation, hyper-stimulation, and precariousness.
This is not self-help! Andrew Archer, LICSW is a psychotherapist and father of three young children. The Subversive Therapist disrupts the Western notion of self within the cultural myth of hyper-individualism, while exploring personality development, Zen Buddhism, Transactional Analysis, and our relationship to the virtual world. Each episode contains psychological constructs to comprehend who we are and more importantly, who we are becoming in an impotent age of automation, hyper-stimulation, and precariousness.Listen on
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