Two senses of “psychotherapy is political” are often conflated. The first is the notion, popular lately, that psychotherapy either allows or demands political advocacy in the therapy room itself. The other is recognition that political factors influence the nature and practice of psychotherapy. It is a conceptual error to confuse the two, and a […]
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Currently, therapy apps featuring a nonhuman “therapist” aim fairly low at best, and at worst willfully mislead the public. However, the advent of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT-4 brings exciting potential for genuine depth psychotherapy delivered by AI — and many challenges and potential pitfalls as well. Since “therapy” has no precise […] When one of America’s most prominent psychiatrists expresses deep disdain for depth psychotherapy, especially when that criticism is misinformed and hopelessly outdated, it should concern all of us. Dr. Tom Insel directed the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002 to 2015. Formerly a psychiatric researcher “at the cellular level,” he studied medications […] Is there more “presence” during online therapy, or in the office — even while wearing masks? […] Hysteresis isn’t hysteria, but it’s irrational all the same. Why relaxed COVID guidelines make us hesitate. […] I finally returned to my office after a year and a month. Or more accurately, since I was in my office all along making video calls, it’s some of my patients who returned. Two weeks ago the CDC issued new guidelines: people vaccinated against COVID-19 can meet safely inside without masks. The guidelines appear […] |
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