17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 1 Feb 2001 to 10 Sept 2026.
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A therapist should refrain from questioning, probing, blame, interpretation, advice, persuasion and reassurance.
Last stated c. 1946
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Carl Rogers
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Same subject: Psychotherapy
"Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic".
Last stated 2 Oct 2013 · 13 years ago
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Jonathan Shedler
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Same subject: Psychotherapy
A couples therapist starts by validating where people are, not by asking them to be vulnerable.
Last stated 15 May 2023 · 3 years ago
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Sue Johnson
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Same subject: Psychotherapy
A diagnosis does not tell a therapist what to do.
Last stated 22 Sept 2025 · a year ago
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Steven C. Hayes
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Same subject: Psychotherapy
A prescriber cannot outsource containment to the therapy hour: the emotional and relational dynamics are part of prescribing, not an intrusion on it.
Last stated 5 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
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Awais Aftab
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Same subject: Psychotherapy
A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work.
Last stated 11 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
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Scott D. Miller
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Same subject: Psychotherapy
After September 11, the politics of democracy was replaced by grief management; people may grieve together but should not be stupid together
Last stated 16 Sept 2001 · 25 years ago
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Susan Sontag
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Same subject: Psychotherapy
An emotionally alive therapy relationship helps people tolerate feelings and brings security and intimacy into other relationships.
Last stated 1 Feb 2001 · 26 years ago
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Diana Fosha
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Same subject: Psychotherapy
Ballot initiatives are not the smartest way to establish a legal place for psychedelic therapy.
Last stated 10 May 2019 · 7 years ago
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Michael Pollan
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Same subject: EMDR
EMDR is an eight-phase treatment that starts with history-taking to find the memories and current situations that need addressing.
Last stated 19 Mar 2011 · 16 years ago
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Francine Shapiro
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Same subject: EMDR
EMDR targets specific memories well but is not built for identity work or building a life narrative.
Last stated 7 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
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Annie Wright
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Same subject: EMDR
Eye movement reprocessing went from alternative to establishment, and moving your eyes while talking about a trauma does seem to help you process it.
Last stated 12 Nov 2019 · 7 years ago
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Scott Alexander
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Same subject: Schema therapy
In schema therapy the therapeutic relationship itself supplies the attunement that was missing in childhood.
Last stated 6 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
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Annie Wright
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Same subject: Schema therapy
Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded.
Last stated 30 Jul 2020 · 6 years ago
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Wendy Behary
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Same subject: Schema therapy
Schema therapy was designed for entrenched patterns that do not respond well to traditional CBT.
Last stated 6 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
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Annie Wright
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Same subject: Narcissism
Feuds between neighbouring, closely related peoples are a relatively harmless outlet for aggression that makes group cohesion easier
Last stated c. 1930
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Sigmund Freud
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Same subject: Narcissism
People who are highly narcissistic do not make the best friends, even if they are popular at first.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
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Rob Henderson
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Same subject: Narcissism
Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff.
Last stated 30 Jul 2020 · 6 years ago
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Wendy Behary