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.

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.

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 Interviews Linda Michaels, Co-Founder & Chair.

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.

PsiAN has released its first book! Advancing Psychotherapy for the Next Generation: Humanizing Mental Health Policy and Practice.

With the help of the Kennedy Forum, PsiAN prepared and submitted comments to the federal government in support of revising rules for the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).

For the very first time, PsiAN was featured in the Wall Street Journal when they ran a letter to the editor by Linda Michaels. The letter is a reminder that any discussion of mental health symptoms is incomplete if it fails to mention the role of psychotherapy.

PsiAN issued a comment to the American Psychological Association (APA) regarding the Guideline Update Panel's (GUP) proposed framework for updating the PTSD guidelines.

In a story on Talkspace, featuring PsiAN, the journalist outlines the many shortcuts and problems with Talkspace's business model, and how it leads to the "platformization" of mental healthcare, enriching only investors' pockets.

PsiAN issues comments to the Federal Trade Commission on BetterHelp, regarding BetterHelp sharing customer data internally, with Facebook, and others for advertising purposes.

The Importance of Professional Advocacy for Mental Health Treatment Choice in the Times of Ubiquitous Technology, A Technology and the Mind Podcast Interviews Linda Michaels, Co-Founder and Chair.

This wonderful new article in the American Prospect, The Fight for Mental Health Parity, does a fantastic job outlining the impacts of telehealth and the concerns over what happens to access to care when the public health emergency ends.

Comments to the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on anxiety/depression screening.

We have published our position paper on mental health apps and technology and launched our Push Back on Apps campaign.

PsiAN joins the Kennedy Forum and other major mental health organizations in protesting the reversal of the Wit v UBH ruling.

Our profession must take a firm stand against interference with therapy wherever possible. Therapy-interfering behavior, which amounts to practicing without a license in many cases can exist for reasons having to do with improper motivations to frame therapy for the benefit of others and not the client, thereby harming the latter.

PsiAN pushes back on No Surprises Act, and stands up for therapy and therapists.

PsiAN co-chair, Linda Michaels, wrote a Medium piece in response to Kara Swisher’s interview (appearing in the New York Times) with Oren Frank, CEO of Talkspace, a text therapy service.

PsiAN joined the Kennedy Forum Illinois, Inseparable, and other organizations to support the Health is Health Illinois campaign, which is focused on ensuring mental health parity and writing the standards of care.