Ellen Chazdon, PsyD, a clinical psychologist in private practice in Minneapolis, talks about the similarity between the journal and Freud’s “fundamental rule,” where he emphasized the centrality in therapy of saying whatever is on one’s mind without editing—where things feel alive and true.

Sydney Langor, LCPC, a New York City psychoanalyst talks about how the pandemic affected a client with a Social Anxiety Disorder.

PsiAN was recently featured in The Atlantic, in an article about “therapy” Apps.

Dr. Reidbord is a San Francisco psychiatrist, talks about how PsiAn started their blog with The Forum.

PsiAN was recently featured in The New York Times, in an article about Talkspace.

Here is PsiAN’s statement on telehealth coverage and the policy, insurance, and licensing changes that need to occur so that people can continue to access care, even after some of the emergency orders expire.

Our Co-Chair, Linda Michaels, wrote an article, Therapy That Sticks, on therapies that endure. She outlines the evidence base for therapies of depth, insight and relationship, and highlights the false narrative around quick fixes.

Tele-Therapy Session Guidelines, outlining ways we can stay aware of the differences of in-person therapy, and adapt to tele-therapy.

PsiAN drafted a petition protesting the “weaponization” of therapy against the ORR and ICE and their agreement to share therapy notes for therapy sessions with immigrant children. This policy not only formalized these children’s betrayals but goes toward destroying the integrity of psychological therapy as a whole.

In its mental health blog on, “How to Choose the Right Type of Therapy,” WebMD outlines 4 types of therapy that are variations on a theme, and fail to mention that therapies of depth, insight and relationship even exist.

The APA failed to mention therapies of depth, insight and relationship—even though these therapies can cure chronic pain. Why should people settle for symptom management, when they can have a cure?

We stand with the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). On strike for more mental health professionals in the schools.

The Othering of Psychoanalysis: Symposium, given at the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Conference, decided to make “othering” the theme of its annual conference this year. Read papers by PsiAN, looking at the treatment of psychoanalytic thought and therapies through that lens.

PsiAN’s comments on the American Psychiatric draft practice guideline for Schizophrenia.

HIPS Film Screening: PsiAN hosts a free film screening of the documentary Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness, executive-produced by Ken Burns.

PsiAN is focused on changing the narrative about psychotherapy in the media. For the very first time, we were featured in the Wall Street Journal.

Starting in 2022, PsiAN took on the issues of app companies using deceptive practices and functioning as advertising vehicles.

NBC posted a story claiming that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the “gold standard” of psychotherapy treatment. PsiAN responds, showing research studies and the experience of clinicians the world over know that CBT is NOT more effective, and that talk therapies of depth, insight and relationship have been shown repeatedly to be equally effective.

Jonathan Shedler was interviewed recently in conjunction with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) conference “Psychoanalytic Therapy Now 2018.” Jonathan is a PsiAN advisor.

PsiAN is concerned about the abrupt closure of the Argosy schools and its psychology and counseling graduate programs.