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Jonathan Shedler Ph.D.

About

Jonathan Shedler, Ph.D., is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco.

Recent Posts
This Is Talk Therapy
Therapist and patient may have the illusion that they have completed therapy when real therapy never even started.
How to Choose a Therapist

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.

don't be a sheep
Don’t Tell Me to Call 911

Therapists don't need voicemail messages that demean their patients.

Therapists don't need voicemail messages that demean their patients.

Genius and Depression from the Same Well

“When you’re high, it’s tremendous. The ideas and feelings are fast and frequent, like shooting stars."

“When you’re high, it’s tremendous. The ideas and feelings are fast and frequent, like shooting stars."

Psychodynamic Therapy 101

Sometimes people think they have completed psychotherapy when they never even started.

Sometimes people think they have completed psychotherapy when they never even started.