Jonathan Shedler
Professor, psychologist, author. Tweets about psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy. I say the quiet part out loud.
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1/ People don't just "have" social anxiety. The anxiety holds meanings that can be explored & understood. The anxiety exists for reasons, conscious & unconscious When we understa...
10/ *adding to thread* Beyond the above, a therapy relationship means the therapist is *accepting professional responsibility* for what happens. It's not a parlor game, it's people...
1/ "Certain defenses receive considerable external reinforcement. From time to time, a depressed patient will tell me their difficulties are due to a 'chemical imbalance.' This oft...
1/ Yes! A crucial insight. Not that of a "fetus therapist" The interaction with patient evokes a feeling in youโcountertransference. Now comes a crucial choice We can *act* on t...
This is what psychological illiteracy looks like A psychotherapist is not a coach & absolutely not a best friend People who know what meaningful psychotherapy is know this Tech...
1/ Just for kicks, I asked ChatGPT about mistakes of inexperienced/poorly trained therapists. Now I'm going to take the 7 platitudes it produced and try to say something meaningful...
1/ What are the most common mistakes of inexperienced or poorly trained therapists? ChatGPT: https://t.co/pqP6b6v0Cw
1/ People who become therapists often "served as emotional caregivers in our families of origin." Their results in "a preference for passivity, an overemphasis on the client as a...
1/ For starters, the therapist tries to persuade the patient, which is pretty much never helpful, and especially unhelpful in the heat of the moment when the patient is distraught....
1/ The scientific evidence shows that so-called "evidence based" therapies fail most people most of the time. For example, 7 out of 10 patients who get "evidence based" therapy for...
1/ If someone is sad, anxious or otherwise distressed, it's *never* helpful to make light of their feelings or try to tell them everything is ok. Things are not okay for them Most...
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