# 'Therapy is a weakness': Understanding James McClean and a career full of controversies

An episode of [The Indo Daily](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1568934774), 21 Oct 2026, 26 min.

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James McClean’s view that therapy is a “weakness” has been widely criticised. But where does that belief come from? Dan McDonnell, ghostwriter of McClean's new book The Walls, joins Kevin Doyle to discuss McClean’s difficult upbringing, the man behind the controversial opinions and the things he has spent much of his life refusing to talk about. We want to earn your trust and are members of the Trust Project. See our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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