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How to Talk About Childhood Issues Without Blaming the Parents

How to Talk About Childhood Issues Without Blaming the Parents

Mental illness might be family illness. How do we talk about that with families?

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Levels Over Labels: The Neurotic Personality

Levels Over Labels: The Neurotic Personality

A psychoanalytic overview of the neurotic personality organization.

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Psychoanalysis Is a Type of Exposure Therapy

It takes a lot to conquer our fear of relationships with others.

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How to Start Dynamic Psychotherapy for Psychosis

Some general principles for psychodynamic therapy with psychosis.

28.03.2026 50

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Treating Psychosis: Why We Aren't Hearing Our Patients

The anxiety of listening to the psychotic mind.

19.03.2026 40

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The Unexpected Benefit of Joining a Dying Profession

Personal Perspective: It's a good time to join psychoanalysis.

16.03.2026 50

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From River to Stream: How Vulnerability Becomes Illness

In psychiatry, genetic vulnerability is not destiny.

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Stop Playing Whac-A-Mole With Trauma

Why do some people have so many psychiatric diagnoses?

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We Don't Know How Little We Know

What over 20 years of treating psychosis teaches me about U.S. politics today.

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How We Define Psychosis Matters

Psychosis is characterized by uncertainty and confusion—feelings that all of us know well.

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Why Do Children Hear Voices?

There are multiple reasons children hear voices; not all of them are worrying.

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Building a House: Treating Psychosis With Anti-Psychotics

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