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Psychotherapy in practice, research, and pop culture.

Jared DeFife, Ph.D. is a clinical psychology research scientist at Emory University and Associate Director of the Laboratory of Personality and Psychopathology. See full bio

February 12, 2009, Relationships

Comments on "Practicing Psychotherapy: My Response to the Seven Questions"

Practicing Psychotherapy: My Response to the Seven Questions

By Jared DeFife, Ph.D. on February 12, 2009 in The Shrink Tank

Ryan Howes has done a wonderful job of putting together the Seven Questions project, a collection of responses to seven questions about psychotherapy posed to numerous practitioners in the field. His stated goal for the project has been "to illuminate the various clinical approaches to psychotherapy". As Ryan has frequently encouraged others to respond to the Seven Questions in their own blogs, and since I'm here to write about psychotherapy, I wanted to take a shot. Read More

Great Stuff!

Submitted by Ryan Howes, Ph.D. on February 12, 2009 - 7:06pm.

You've got informed and creative answers here, Jared, thanks for throwing in your two cents. I really like how you broke down the "mistakes" in question 3 - while one shrink's mistake is another's grist for the mill, there is a certain balance to strike with advice, empathy, etc. And a great quote on joy and pain!