psychotherapy – A New Vision for Mental Health

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

Author: Editorial 2nd March 2023 0 Comments

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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audio, Jonathan Shedler, psychoanalysis, Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychotherapy, Talking Therapies

Is Psychiatry Working?

Author: Editorial 24th February 2023 0 Comments

This series of 30 minute podcasts from BBC Radio 4 has six episodes: Crisis : Writer Horatio Clare and psychiatrist Femi Oyebode discuss psychiatric crisis care with patients and clinicians. Detention : How do we treat people, often against their will, under…
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audio, BBC, BBC Radio 4, coercive psychiatry, diagnostic labelling, involuntary detention, psychiatry, psychotherapy

That Was Then, This Is Now: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy For The Rest Of Us

Author: Editorial 10th February 2023 0 Comments

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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Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Jonathan Shedler, psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic education, psychotherapy, Talking Therapies

The Effectiveness of an Intensive Inpatient Psychotherapy Program for Chronic Depression: A naturalistic comparison with wait list

Author: Editorial 12th December 2022 0 Comments

This paper has been published by BMC Psychiatry. The abstract says: “Background Patients with chronic depression (CD) typically have an early symptom onset, more psychiatric comorbidities, more treatment attempts, and more frequent and longer inpatient hospitalizations than patients with major depressive…
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affect phobia therapy, BMC Psychiatry, chronic depression, counseling, counselling, depression, psychotherapy, Research, Talking Therapies, VITA

Magic-mushroom drug can treat severe depression, trial suggests

Author: Editorial 3rd November 2022 0 Comments

This report by Philippa Roxby comes from the BBC. It begins: “A drug based on a compound in hallucinogenic mushrooms can improve the symptoms of severe depression for up to 12 weeks, a trial shows. A 25mg tablet of psilocybin puts…
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Andrew McIntosh, BBC, depression, magic mushrooms, New England Journal of Medicine, Philippa Roxby, psilocybin, psychotherapy, Research, severe depression

Schopenhauer’s Porcupines: Intimacy and Its Dilemmas: Intimacy And Its Dilemmas: Five Stories Of Psychotherapy

Author: Editorial 22nd June 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by . The publishers say: “Each generation of therapists can boast of only a few writers like Deborah Luepnitz, whose sympathy and wit shine through a fine, luminous prose. In Schopenhauer’s Porcupines she recounts five true…
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books, counseling, counselling, Deborah Anna Luepnitz, intimacy, psychotherapy, Talking Therapies

The Psychologist

Author: Editorial 25th May 2022 0 Comments

This article by Charlotte Beale has been published by Mad in the UK It begins: “One day, after very many preceding days, I decided to stop functioning. I lay in my mother’s bed, which was sodden with hours of tears, and…
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CBT, Charlotte Beale, Mad in the UK, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, Schema Focus Therapy, Talking Therapies, trauma

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

Relational Psychotherapy and Psychedelic Treatment

Author: Editorial 25th March 2022 0 Comments

This article by James Barnes and Saga Briggs appears on the Mind Foundation website. It begins: “Talking about changing one’s relationships is a common feature of therapy sessions. A direct change in one’s experience of relationships is a common feature of…
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James Barnes, Mind Foundation, New Approaches, psilocybin, psychedelic drugs, psychotherapy, Saga Briggs, therapeutic alliance

Is Psychotherapy Still an Infant Science?

Author: Editorial 23rd February 2022 0 Comments

This article by Martin Goldfried has been published on the psychotherapy.net website. It begins: “The field of psychotherapy has been around for quite a while—well over 100 years. According to sociologists of science, a field only reaches ‘maturity’ when there exists…
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hope, Martin Goldfried, positive expectation, psychotherapy, psychotherapy.net, therapeutic alliance, transtheoretical principles of change, Unconscious Competence