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Anxiety
This Is Talk Therapy

Jonathan Shedler Ph.D. on August 11, 2019

Therapist and patient may have the illusion that they have completed therapy when real therapy never even started.

Therapist and patient may have the illusion that they have completed therapy when real therapy never even started.

Eating Disorders
How to Choose a Therapist

Jonathan Shedler Ph.D. on April 16, 2016

Beware of therapists who are too identified with a therapy “brand.” They have already decided how to treat you before they have met you, let alone understand you.

Beware of therapists who are too identified with a therapy “brand.” They have already decided how to treat you before they have met you, let alone understand you.

Bias
Bamboozled by Bad Science

Jonathan Shedler Ph.D. on October 31, 2013

Claims that “evidence-based” therapy is more effective than real-world therapy lack scientific basis. Academic researchers are selling a myth.

Claims that “evidence-based” therapy is more effective than real-world therapy lack scientific basis. Academic researchers are selling a myth.

Psychiatry
Is NIMH Brilliant, Stupid, or Both? Part 2

Jonathan Shedler Ph.D. on October 8, 2013

In the first half of the 20th century, American psychiatry was virtually ‘brainless’… In the second half of the 20th century, psychiatry became virtually ‘mindless.’

In the first half of the 20th century, American psychiatry was virtually ‘brainless’… In the second half of the 20th century, psychiatry became virtually ‘mindless.’

Health
Is NIMH Brilliant, Stupid, or Both?

Jonathan Shedler Ph.D. on October 3, 2013

The fundamental premise of DSM-5—that mental health conditions can be classified meaningfully on the basis of overt symptoms—is flat out wrong.

The fundamental premise of DSM-5—that mental health conditions can be classified meaningfully on the basis of overt symptoms—is flat out wrong.

Consumer Behavior
Evidence-Based Therapy: Science or Marketing?

Jonathan Shedler Ph.D. on October 2, 2013

Something would be seriously amiss if experienced clinicians practiced like beginners, following an instruction manual like a consumer trying to assemble an appliance.

Something would be seriously amiss if experienced clinicians practiced like beginners, following an instruction manual like a consumer trying to assemble an appliance.

Anxiety
Doublethink Diagnosis 2.0

Jonathan Shedler Ph.D. on October 1, 2013

One of the most helpful things about our struggling students is that in their moments of concreteness, they hold up a mirror to the hypocrisies in our field. The mental health professions are guilty of pervasive doublethink.

One of the most helpful things about our struggling students is that in their moments of concreteness, they hold up a mirror to the hypocrisies in our field. The mental health professions are guilty of pervasive doublethink.

Psychiatry
Choosing the Right Therapist

Jonathan Shedler Ph.D. on September 30, 2013

Beware of therapists who are too identified with a therapy “brand.” They have already decided how to treat you before they have met you, let alone understand you.

Beware of therapists who are too identified with a therapy “brand.” They have already decided how to treat you before they have met you, let alone understand you.