Sacha McBain, PhD

Sacha McBain is a clinical psychologist, reluctant optimist, and dedicated Letterboxd user who has made a career out of thinking too hard about medical trauma. She spends her professional life helping people recover from the psychological aftermath of medical stress and trauma, and her spare time immersing herself in art and media to investigate the complexities of being in a body. In her biweekly column Pathologizing Pop Culture, she uses a trauma-informed lens to examine how media portrays illness, healing, and healthcare and what those portrayals reveal about our humanity.