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PhD Students Need Therapy

23 Feb 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief YouTube segment, the speaker argues that every doctoral student should be provided with a therapist throughout their program to help them navigate the emotional and psychological challenges of the PhD journey. He emphasizes the difficulty of the experience, wishes viewers good luck, and offers to share a link to his free dissertation help community for additional support.

Oh my God. Are you enjoying the PhD experience? You know, a number of years ago I thought and decided that everybody who gets into a doctoral program should be assigned a therapist as part of the process so you can understand what's going on and understand what's going on with you because it's quite a journey. And good luck on your journey. Comment help and I'll send you the link to my free dissertation Help community.