Is there such a thing as good therapy? Not for kids, argues Abigail Shrier. Sure, “play therapy” for the littlest tykes probably does no more harm (and no more good) than a very expensive babysitter. But when the talk therapy developed for adults is administered to children and . . . . Continue Reading »
Curt Thompson joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Deepest Place. Continue Reading »
There are two types of patients: those who want to run the show, and those who want to be told what to do. As an anesthesiologist, I deal with both, and both make me uncomfortable. Giving patients too much freedom risks injury; denying patients their freedom makes me feel like a tyrant. What I . . . . Continue Reading »
“Suffer the little children to come to me” isn’t a piece of pious sentiment, but a starting point for scientific discovery. Continue Reading »
Ronald Dworkin joins the podcast to talk about how SSRIs, cognitive therapy, and virtual reality have transformed our lives and our politics.
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Michael Cholbi joins the podcast to discuss his book, Grief: A Philosophical Guide. Continue Reading »
William Damon joins the podcast to discuss his book, A Round of Golf with My Father: The New Psychology of Exploring Your Past to Make Peace with Your Present. Continue Reading »
David DeSteno joins the conversation to discuss his new book, How God Works: The Science Behind the Benefits of Religion. Continue Reading »
Julia Yost joins editor R. R. Reno to talk about how the language of trauma has infected our public conversation. Continue Reading »
Before #MeToo, before Black Lives Matter, Bessel van der Kolk argued for the centrality of trauma to human experience. President of the Trauma Research Foundation in Brookline, Massachusetts, van der Kolk is author of The Body Keeps the Score, a book that has been a perennial best-seller since . . . . Continue Reading »
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