This episode explores research on therapist self-disclosure that examined 156 participants and compared personal versus professional disclosures. Both types improved client perceptions and the therapeutic alliance, and combining personal experience with professional expertise produced the most favorable impressions.

The host discusses implications for clinicians, arguing appropriate self-disclosure can strengthen trust and confidence in therapy and counters claims that such disclosures are inherently unethical.

 A reanalysis of Oscar Janiger’s LSD studies with professional artists and a review of a large genetic study of personality 

Cognitive reframing in sleep disturbance, GLP as noise reduction, and social isolation vs loneliness

In a scoping review of the literature, Cannabis is examined as to where and where not it has a main effect

The move from nominal to dimensional perspective in diagnosis

The benefits of swearing in performance beyond the context of sport 

The potential role, good or bad, for the companionship of AI

Social substitution through media

Artificial intelligence is closer to us than one could imagine!

Are audiobooks the same as old school reading?