9 Best Articles on Psychotherapy
The most useful articles on psychotherapy from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Psychotherapy Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on psychotherapy by Refind users in 2023 so far.
What is ...?
New to #psychotherapy? These articles make an excellent introduction.
What Is The Goal of Psychotherapy?
Is therapy's goal subjective happiness, objective well-being, or meaningfulness?
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on psychotherapy—all under 10 minutes.
Either/or questions are part of psychotherapy’s language games
When a patient poses a binary question, it’s tempting to give a straight answer, but they are often seeking so much more
Existential psychotherapy helped my students cope with chaos
By facing the terrifying truths of existence, we become stronger, more resilient and more able to take control of our lives
Empathy's Paradox
Empathy's beginnings in psychotherapy and its connection to mindfulness.
Psilocybin therapy 4 times more effective than antidepressants, study finds
A new study is presenting the first published data from preliminary human trials investigating the effect of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to treat major depressive disorder (MDD). The incredibly positive results have been described as just a “taste of things to come” with larger a Phase 2 trial well underway.
The lure of ‘cool’ brain research is stifling psychotherapy
The lure of ‘cool’ brain research – and psychotropic drugs – are stifling psychotherapy. Has bioreductionism gone too far?
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy is meant to help. But what about when it harms?
Some psychotherapeutic approaches are not only ineffective, they’re actively harmful. We’re now starting to identify them
Inside the Revolutionary Treatment That Could Change Psychotherapy Forever
IFS therapy is upending the thinking around schizophrenia, depression, OCD, and more
100 million Americans have chronic pain. Very few use one of the best tools to treat it.
Chronic pain often has no physical cause. Psychotherapy can reduce the suffering.
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Psychotherapy, including:
Aeon+Psyche
Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. Psyche is our sister magazine focused on the human condition. Visit http://aeon.co and http://psyche.co for more.
PsyPost.org
Reporting research on human behavior and cognition, including #Psychology #Neuroscience #PoliSci #Sociology and #Psychiatry
Psychology Today
Insight about everybody's favorite subject: Ourselves.
New Atlas
Extraordinary ideas that move the world forward
Vox
Our world, explained.
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