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Carrie and Ben create their own model of therapy. Goal setting! Psychoeducation! Exploitation and worrisome sales tactics! What does it say about psychotherapy when our progressively cynical efforts to develop a modality end up mirroring some of the norms in our field? This episode is evidence-based and supported by neuroscience.

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Introduction: 0:00 – 5:13

Part One: 5:13 – 1:08:54

Part Two: 1:08:54 – 1:11:44

Very Bad Therapy: Website / Facebook / Bookshelf / Tell Us Your Story

Show Notes:

• Mental health clinical exams’ evident adherence to industry standards for testing
• How to Spot Hype in the Field of Psychotherapy
• The efficacy of non-directive supportive therapy for adult depression: a meta-analysis
• Insight Exchange: Guide to Selecting a Counsellor
• The Radical Therapist #094 – Response-Based Practice w/ Dr. Allan Wade
• Organized Abandonment and Systemic Harm: A Conversation with Therapist & Educator Kimberly Chiswell

All therapy books have an oddly similar message: *This* form of therapy is the one that truly matters, and *this* science/philosophy/whatever is the key to understanding how human psychology actually works. These narratives can’t all be true, so are they all simply bullshit instead? We read through Scott Alexander’s legendary blog post, Book Review: All Therapy Books, and discuss whether therapy gurus really believe the answers they are selling.

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Introduction: 0:00 – 10:36

Part One: 10:36 – 1:29:35

Part Two: 1:29:35 – 1:31:55

Very Bad Therapy: Website / Facebook / Bookshelf / Tell Us Your Story

Show Notes:

• ‘The Body Keeps the Score’ offers uncertain science in the name of self-help. It’s not alone.
• Book Review: All Therapy Books 
• Astral Codex Ten 
• Slate Star Codex 
• An Investigation of Self-Assessment Bias in Mental Health Providers