psychology – A New Vision for Mental Health

It’s Time for Psychology to Lead, Not Follow: Psychotherapy is not a medical treatment

Author: Editorial 28th April 2023 0 Comments

“Aping pharmaceutical research methods does not elevate psychology. We should stop misleading the public to believe that emotional suffering is like medical disease, or that different kinds of psychotherapy are like different medications. These assumptions are false at every level….
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American Psychological Association, Jonathan Shedler, medical model, psychology, Psychology Today, supervenience

Researchers question the foundational assumptions of neuropsychology

Author: Editorial 20th April 2023 0 Comments

This article by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “Why does psychology struggle so much to achieve meaningful findings? In what has been termed the “replication crisis,” psychology’s much-hyped positive findings typically fail to replicate in later studies , leaving uncertainty about…
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brain imaging, Christiana Westlin, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Mad in the UK, neurobiology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, New Approaches, Peter Simons, psychology, Research, Trends in Cognitive Sciences

The Future Is Political and Transdisciplinary

Author: Editorial 3rd April 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Awais Aftab has been published in Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology – the official journal of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry (AAPP). It describes the journal’s aims and general content, and sets out the…
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Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Awais Aftab, lived experiences, madness, philosophy, philosophy of mental health, philosophy of psychiatry, Project MUSE, psychiatry, psychology

Words As Eggs: Psyche in Language and Clinic

Author: Editorial 19th August 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from Russell A. Lockhart. The publishers say: “Quietly passionate and urgently intent, this book belongs to the very best tradition of depth psychology. It appeals first of all to the intelligently psychological reader who wants new modes of…
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books, counseling, counselling, depth psychology, psychology, Russell A. Lockhart, Talking Therapies

Decoding Jung’s Metaphysics

Author: Editorial 9th June 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Bernardo Kastrup. Carl Jung is a hugely important figure in the history of psychology, and in particular within the field of psychoanalysis in relation to the concept of the collective unconscious, Jungian archetypes, and…
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Bernardo Kastrup, books, Clients & Patients, Jung, metaphysics, philosophy, psychoanalysis, psychology

Therapy Beyond Good and Evil

Author: Editorial 3rd June 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “A nonjudgmental psychology is failing patients who need to hear hard truths”, this article by James Mumford has been published on The New Atlantis website. It begins: “It appears innocuous at first. The psychologist writes one word at the center…
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, James Mumford, psychology, Talking Therapies, The New Atlantis, values

The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science

Author: Editorial 4th May 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. The publishers say: “Every culture rests on a bedrock of folk wisdom handed down through generations.The pronouncements of philosophers are homespun by our grandmothers, and find their way into our common sense: what…
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books, happiness, Jonathan Haidt, positive psychology, psychology, wellbeing

People with psychosis can heal by rebuilding their life stories

Author: Editorial 2nd May 2022 0 Comments

This article by Henry R. Cowan has been published on the Psyche website. Although it uses the scientifically meaningless term “schizophrenia”, it nonetheless has valuable things to say. It begins: “What would you say if I asked you to tell the story…
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Henry R. Cowan, insight therapy, narrative identity, narrative structure, personal narrative, Psyche, psychology, psychosis, psychotherapy, schizophrenia

The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves

Author: Editorial 11th April 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. James Hollis. The publishers say: “The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves explores the need to know ourselves more deeply, and the many obstacles that stand in our way. The various chapters illustrate internal obstacles…
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books, Carl Jung, depth psychology, James Hollis, meaning, mythology, personal narrative, philosophy, Psyche, psychoanalysis, psychology, spirituality

“I’m Normal” and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves

Author: Editorial 10th November 2021 0 Comments

This article – subtitled “Why we are misled by statistics” – has been written by Dr. Steven C. Hayes and published in Psychology Today. It begins: “Our minds think in terms of categories and concepts. It comes easy to us. It’s…
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abnormality, averages, depression, ergodic theorem, New Approaches, normality, psychology, Psychology Today, statistics, Steven C. Hayes