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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Therapists overestimatetheir own effectiveness byabout 65%, and it is not a… SM Scott D. Miller — holds since 2024-08-21 "Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic". "Evidence-basedtherapy" is a branding… JS Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2013-10-02 A prescriber cannot outsource containment to the therapy hour: the emotional and relational dynamics are part of prescribing, not an intrusion on it. A prescriber cannotoutsource containment… AA Awais Aftab — holds since 2026-07-05 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. A therapy is only shownto be more effective if… SM Scott D. Miller — holds since 2024-09-11 Character is not fixed: therapy works because habitual neural pathways can re-form, sometimes within minutes. Character is not fixed:therapy works because… TR Terry Real — holds since 2023-08-11 For psychiatric disorders driven by amygdala hyperactivity, elective amygdalectomy should be offered and covered by health insurance instead of lifelong therapy and medication. For psychiatricdisorders driven by… SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-09-02 If negative emotion comes from underweighting sensory evidence, that explains EMDR: it forces high-precision attention onto something the mind usually represses. If negative emotioncomes from… SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2021-02-13 Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded. Narcissism runs along aspectrum rather than… WB Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff. Narcissists can changemeaningfully in… WB Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30
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