Critical Psychiatry
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
I worry that the clash between Joanna Moncrieff and Awais Aftab about her new book Chemically imbalanced has become too personal (see eg. last post ). For example, Awais recent blog post criticises Jo for her methods rather than necessarily actually what she says. In many ways, how Jo expresses her critique is irrelevant. What matters is the content of what she says.
Very Well Mind
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
The Serenity Prayer has been widely adopted in 12-step programs and can be used to support mental health. Learn the origins of the prayer, its core components, and ways to apply it for better mental well-being.
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How Psychiatry Works
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
In this post, I want to suggest some principles that guide my work with couples as well as how I think about them in individual therapy. These are mostly ideas I haven’t seen in the literature, and I hope they will help to simplify as well as inform the work we do. First, when I see couples in trouble, the immediate problem is practically always the same.
Clear Behavioral Health
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Life constantly changes, and entering High School is considered one of the biggest changes for teens. Its not easy transitioning to a new social environment, especially with so much outside pressure and all the emotions that come along on the journey to finding yourself. Embracing the following parenting tips can help your child achieve teen success and improve their mental health during this time. 1.
Therapy for Black Girls
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
We have been fortunate to have such amazing guests on the show, which makes it all the more exciting when we get to have them return!Today, Im rejoined by my dear friend, Dr. LaKeysha Hallmon, founder of The Village Market, to discuss some of the themes of her new book, No One Is Self-Made. From community care in entrepreneurship to the response and responsibility of small business owners in the wake of corporations repealing DEI, we get into the idea of building out by first building within.
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
B rent Dean Robbins is a psychologist, scholar, and all-around thoughtful human whose work has profoundly shaped existential and humanistic psychology not to mention my own path as a clinician, writer, and, frankly, as a person just trying to make sense of things. Dr. Robbins is one of those rare thinkers who makes psychology feel alivenot just a collection of theories and data, but a field full of urgent, deeply human questions.
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