We undertook an ambitious research effort to understand what the U.S. public knows about therapy, how they think and feel about it, and what they most want out of it. Using state-of-the-art consumer insights tools, we have completed in-depth qualitative interviews and a large quantitative survey.

The big advertising spenders are promoting what they have to sell, which is not necessarily what’s best for you. Decades of research show that therapies of depth, insight and relationship are highly effective, evidence-based treatments.

Intensive, longer-term treatment is needed by many, and not only is it highly effective—it's cost-effective.

Connecting with a therapist can be an overwhelming and daunting process, whether you’ve done it before or not. Here’s our roadmap to help you find a therapist who values depth, insight, and relationship.

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.

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

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.

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.

PsiAN’s book, Advancing Psychotherapy for the Next Generation: Humanizing Mental Health Policy and Practice, was featured on the New Books Network 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.

You’ve probably been hearing a lot about “evidence-based” treatments these days. And maybe you’re unsure what that means.

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.

A comprehensive compilation of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving psychodynamic treatments and interventions. By, Peter Lilliengren of Stockholm University.

Psychotherapy has grown and evolved over the past 130 years. Building on decades of clinical experience, academic research, and an ever-growing evidence base, psychotherapy today is a modern, relevant, and highly effective treatment for people suffering from all sorts of emotional and psychological problems.

A List of Mental Health Data Bases and Libraries.

A great new article by Linda Michaels, our Chair and Co-Founder, What People Need and Want from Therapy: Advancing Access to Quality Care. Linda brings PsiAN's market research to a general audience, highlighting key results that support therapies of depth, insight and relationship.

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

In this Grand Rounds presentation, our chair and cofounder Linda Michaels presents our research results and recommendations at the Austen Riggs Center. Therapies of depth, insight, and relationship have been missing from, if not pushed out of, the public conversation on mental health treatment.

In August of 2022, thousands of mental healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente went on strike. They are protesting ongoing and persistent problems in providing mental healthcare, staffing shortages, excessive workloads, and harmful restrictions on patient care. We support their efforts.