Making Therapy Better
Bruce Wampold, PhD
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Making Therapy Better brings together some of the top minds in psychotherapy as well as everyday clinicians to talk about where the field is headed and how we can achieve better mental health care for everyone. www.makingtherapybetter.com
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S3E11 "Empathy Is More Than Just Words: Why You Shouldn't Ditch Your Therapist for AI" - Anat Perry, Ph.D.
What is the unique value of psychotherapy in a world where AI can convincingly simulate empathy while delivering evidence-based treatments with better fidelity than many human therapists?In this…
S3E10 "Can Speech Predict Psychiatric Diagnoses? How Computational Psychiatry Is Changing the Field" - Natalia Mota, MD, PhD
Can the structure of speech reveal where a psychotic episode is heading?In this episode, Bruce talks with computational psychiatrist Natalia Mota, MD, PhD, about her research showing how the…
S3E9 "A Psychiatry Failure? The Serotonin Theory of Depression Lacks Evidence" - Joanna Moncrieff, M.D.
Is depression really caused by a chemical imbalance — or is that one of the most enduring myths in modern psychiatry? For decades, the serotonin theory of depression has shaped how mental health is…
S3E8 "Key Factors That Make Psychotherapy TRULY Effective" - With Bruce Wampold, Ph.D.
Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy REALLY superior to Humanistic or Psychodynamic approaches? According to the scientific evidence, what factors ACTUALLY drive the change process, and what skills can…
S3E7 "What NOT to do in therapy! Learning from our common mistakes" - Mick Cooper, Ph.D.
Why do therapists keep making the same avoidable mistakes?In this episode, Dr. Bruce Wampold sits down with Dr. Mick Cooper — Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Roehampton and an…
S3E6 "Belonging As Treatment: The Power of Group Therapy" - Cheri Marmarosh, Ph.D.
Despite decades of evidence showing that group therapy is often just as effective as individual therapy, it remains underutilized in clinical training and practice. Why?In this episode, Dr. Bruce…
S3E5 "The Changing Landscape of Mental Health Services" - Mark Olfson, M.D., M.P.H. - s3, e5
Has the rise of telehealth truly reduced inequities in who has access to psychotherapy? Who is being left behind? How did COVID-19 impact the prevalence of mental illness? These are just a few of the…
S3E4 "The Surprising Power of Placebo in Psychotherapy!" - John Kelley, Ph.D.
Dive into placebo effects in clinical trials, psychotherapy, and even conditions like Parkinson’s. Can a sugar pill really help someone heal? And what if it’s not just the pill, but the expectation…
S3E3 "Better Therapist Training & Supervision" with Louis Castonguay, Ph.D.
In this inspiring episode, Bruce sits down with Dr. Louis Castonguay from Pennsylvania State University to delve into the evolution and current state of psychotherapist training and education. The…
S3E2 "The Roots of Psychotherapy: Persuasion and Healing (revisited)" with Julia Frank, M.D.
In this engaging episode, Bruce sits down with Dr. Julia Frank to discuss their collaboration on the newly revised edition of 'Persuasion and Healing,' a groundbreaking book on the science and…
S3E1 "What Makes Therapy Work?" - Scott Miller, Ph.D. interviews Bruce Wampold, Ph.D.
Why haven’t psychotherapy outcomes improved in decades, despite hundreds of new treatment models and thousands of new randomized controlled trials?In this special episode of the Making Therapy Better…
S2E8 "How Can AI Help Improve Therapy?" with Zac Imel, Ph.D. - s2, e8
Zac Imel, PhD is a professor and Director of clinical training in the counseling department at the University of Utah as well as co-founder and Chief Psychotherapy Science officer at Lyssn.io, an…
S2E7 "Closing the Global Mental Health Care Gap" with Daisy Singla, Ph.D. - s2, e7
Daisy Singla, PhD is a clinical psychologist, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and senior scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy…
S2E6 "Can Psychosis be Treated with Therapy?" with Michael Garrett, M.D. - s2, e6
Michael Garrett MD is professor emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, and previously served as medical director of the Department of Psychiatry at North…
S2E5 "What is a Mental Disorder?" with Jerome Wakefield, Ph.D. - s2, e5
Jerome is a Professor of Social Work at New York University as well as a member of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, and has sat on editorial boards for the Clinical Social Work…
S2E4 "Psychoanalytic Diagnosis and Supervision" with Nancy McWilliams, Ph.D. - s2, e4
Nancy McWilliams, PhD is emerita visiting professor of Psychology at Rutgers University and a former president of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Psychoanalysis. She is the…
S2E3 "Depression and Psychedelic Therapy" with Charles Raison, M.D. - s2, e3
Dr. Raison is a professor of psychiatry and human ecology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, director of Clinical and Translational Research for Usona Institute, and Director of Research on…
S2E2 "Treating Depression" with Steve Hollon, Ph.D. - s2, e2
Steven is a professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University. He has over 300 publications to his name and is the recipient of numerous awards, including, in 2020, the American Psychological…
S2E1 "The Evolution of Depression" with Ed Hagen, Ph.D. - s2, e1
Ed received his doctorate in anthropology from UC Santa Barbara, after which he worked at the Institute for Theoretical Biology in Berlin. He is currently a professor of evolutionary anthropology and…
S1E12 "Technology and Mental Health Care" with Barrett Griffith, Maureen Hart, Ph.D,, and Geoff Gray, Ph.D. - s1, e12
Barrett Griffith is CEO of CarePaths, where he has served for over five years, previously as a developer and then as CTO. He has two decades of experience in the tech industry, with much of that time…
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