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OUR WORK
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Resources and Guidelines
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PsiAN Advocates for 90837 and Against Audits
PsiAN members have been reporting burdensome audits, which negatively affect clinicians and patients and seem to be lacking both in clinical rationale as well as the educational component that the audits purport to offer.
Constituent Advocacy Toolkit
PsiAN created a toolkit as a source of both information and inspiration for members as they take on the very important task of advocating for therapies of depth, insight and relationship.
Medicare and Impacts on Therapy
Many rely on Medicare, but we increasingly see the government turning Medicare over to private insurance companies. Here's our paper outlining the privatization of Medicare - its historical roots and potential implications.
Insurance and Parity Advocacy Toolkit
Together with the Austen Riggs Center, PsiAN has created this toolkit to educate and assist therapists and patients in protecting the provision of and insurance payment for mental health services.
PsiAN’s Position on Mental Health Apps
PsiAN supports tools and technologies when they increase access to quality care of lasting benefit, but we are concerned with profit-driven apps, websites and platforms seeking revenue by discarding the therapeutic relationship, violating standards of professional practice ethics, and putting their commercial interests ahead of the best interests of patients.
Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast Interview
Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast Interviews Linda Michaels, Co-Founder & Chair.
A Response to the Wall Street Journal
PsiAN Co-Founder and Chair, Linda Michaels Responds to Wall Street Journal about the article, “Stop Constantly Asking Kids How They Feel,” which was written by Abigail Schrier about her new book, Bad Therapy: Why Kids Aren't Growing Up.
The Efficacy of Treatment
Publications and Articles Regarding the Efficacy of Treatment. Are psychodynamic and psychoanalytic therapies effective?
PsiAN Releases Its First Book
PsiAN has released its first book! Advancing Psychotherapy for the Next Generation: Humanizing Mental Health Policy and Practice.
What People Need and Want from Therapy
Article by Linda Michaels our Chair and Co-Founder, What People Need and Want from Therapy: Advancing Access to Quality Care, is about PsiAN's market research to a general audience, highlighting key results that support therapies of depth, insight and relationship.
Guidelines for Treatment of Children
Information Regarding the Treatment of Children, and Children’s Mental Health.
Therapy That Sticks
An article by our Co-Founder, Linda Michaels, on therapies that endure/stick. She outlines the evidence base for therapies of depth, insight and relationship, and highlights the false narrative around quick fixes.
New Books Network features PsiAN’s Book
PsiAN’s book, Advancing Psychotherapy for the Next Generation: Humanizing Mental Health Policy and Practice, was featured on the New Books Network podcast.
Launching the “Art of Listening” Podcast
Psychologist and psychoanalyst Eileen Dunn has created a new podcast, The Art of Listening, where she interviews expert listeners and gets to the heart of relationships and depth therapy. Her first guest is Linda Michaels. Eileen created this podcast in the effort to support the mission of PsiAN.
Why PsiAN Supports Therapies of Depth, Insight and Relationship
You’ve probably been hearing a lot about “evidence-based” treatments these days. And maybe you’re unsure what that means.
Resources for Evidence-Based Treatment
Resources and Guidelines Regarding Evidence-Based Treatment.