Jonathan Shedler

Why Good People Do Bad Things, and the Search for the Holy Grail of Psychotherapy with Dr. Jonathan Shedler

This podcast is described as follows: “In life we often keep repeating the same patterns, even if they are not beneficial to us. And even if we become aware of this, we likely may still not understand ourselves. That’s because we don’t…
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That Was Then, This Is Now: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy For The Rest Of Us

This article by Dr. Jonathan Shedler has been published in Contemporary Psychoanalysis. The abstract says: “Psychoanalysis has an image problem. The dominant narrative in the mental health professions and in society is that psychoanalysis is outmoded, discredited, and debunked. What most…
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Point of View: Research or Reality? The Flawed Science of Psychotherapy

This interview with Dr. Jonathan Shedler, published on the Psychotherapy Networker website, is conducted by Ryan Howes. It begins: “Get into grad school. Choose an approach. Make sure it’s evidence based. Build your practice. This formula has been the standard for…
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Where Is the Evidence for “Evidence-Based” Therapy?

“Buzzword. noun. An important-sounding usually technical word or phrase often of little meaning used chiefly to impress.” This article has been written by psychotherapist Dr. Jonathan Shedler. It begins: “Evidence-based therapy” has become a marketing buzzword. The term ‘evidence based’ comes…
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Psychoanalysis and the Re-Enchantment of Psychiatry: Jonathan Shedler, PhD

This interview comes from Conversations in Critical Psychiatry – an interview series from psychiatrist Awais Aftab for Psychiatric Times. The series explores critical and philosophical perspectives in psychiatry and engages with prominent commentators within and outside the profession who have made meaningful criticisms of the status…
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