Dr. Reidbord is a San Francisco psychiatrist discusses a less intense derivative called dynamic psychotherapy, and how it decreases sessions to once or twice a week and does away with the analytic couch. 

The Good, The Bad, and The Depraved— Embracing Your Inner Life Through Therapy. A look at the ongoing conversation between the therapist, the patient, and the “depraved character” can enable the patient to tolerate, accept, and perhaps even come to like, all of their internal characters.

Santiago Delboy and Linda Michaels hosted a special presentation for PsiAN members covering the large-scale original research study PsiAN conducted examining the general public’s attitudes, beliefs, and biases about therapy.

Irene Yancher, PsyD, a clinical psychologist from San Francisco, talks about how therapist and patient find themselves in a similar situation during the pandemic.

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.

Dayna Sharp, a psychotherapist and licensed clinical social worker, talks about her own experience with therapy, how she benefited, and how she learned critically important lessons about therapy.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

An article, published by TherapyRoute one of our Strategic Partners, provides an overview of the founding of PsiAN and outlines the top issues we’ve taken on to date.

Governor Pritzker of Illinois presented his first budget address since taking office, and we appreciate his focus on increased mental health spending, and are hopeful that the budget is a harbinger of a positive trend. However, Illinois does not only need increased mental health and substance abuse funding but increased access to individualized mental health care of depth, dedication, duration and relationship.