Psychotherapy

Why does the media continue to persecute psychotherapy?

A phase 2A trial recently received confirmation to proceed in investigating psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy in the treatment of adult patients with IBS.

1 in 5 respondents reported using psychedelic drugs for the purpose of self-treating anxiety, depression, or other mental illnesses.

Session at the 2023 Annual Meeting provides framework for addressing suicidal ideation.

What lessons can we learn from May Day, mayday, and rejection?

How does a love of animals affect PTSD and other mental health conditions?

A frequent criticism of psychiatry: psychiatrists do not learn, practice, or value psychotherapy. Is it true?

Let’s revisit the therapist’s attitude toward the patient in the psychotherapy relationship.

It is important to consider the lessons from history and psychology as the war in the Ukraine continues.

Is psychotherapy under attack?

Despite their differences, all psychotherapies have these things in common—and are important to consider.

How important is psychotherapy today?

There is absolutely no good reason for competition among therapies—none is by itself necessary or sufficient, and most are completely complementary, even synergistic.

The people who make us laugh are more important than you might think.

Depending on how you look at it, manuals have either played a heroic role in the history of psychotherapy or have been responsible for its degradation.

The clarifying lens of Zen philosophy focuses our attention on common factors that drive change across the different forms of psychotherapy.

Sometimes what you do for others benefits you, too.

Exploring the importance of the psychotherapeutic relationship.

Dr Beck leaves behind a great legacy.

How can cognitive behavioral therapy be adapted to different cultures and address larger social issues?

James L. Knoll IV, MD, shares insights from his decades in forensic psychiatry, where he has treated some of the criminal justice system’s most difficult and dangerous patients.

These imaginative exercises can help clinicians establish a strong therapeutic alliance with nervous youngsters.

Travelling the middle road between skepticism and scientism in psychiatric research and treatment.

Why did medicine and psychotherapy part ways? How can they be brought back together?