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A love letter to therapy and therapists. On why therapy works and why you shouldn't let anyone tell you otherwise. I am a therapist. I...

The new cop out for all the things we do but wish we didn’t. The bad, bad brain! Co written Ana x Birthe Macdonald The Bad, Bad Brain Any...

Who is in charge when it comes to deciding what you see, hear, notice, think and feel? Who decides of the politics of experience?...

We carefully examine the claims around emotional lateralisation of the human brain, right-to-right hemisphere interbrain synchrony, attachment and the idea of ‘right brain’ psychotherapy

Ideas of active inference and free energy minimisation applied to human relations and psychotherapy.

Why we ❤️ epigenetics so. Also on science-washing and therapists' search for meaning.

You know it's bad when even a therapist can tell it's bad science. Next stop? The Lizard brain.

Halloween Special 🎃: Why Zombie Theories Cling to the World of the Living—Cargo Cults, Religion, and Psychotherapy.

Social neuroscience perspective on why attachment is so important and special and its relevance for psychotherapy.

On the Barnum Effect, how the meaning of attachment concepts can get lost in translation, attachment neurobollocks, and, as a bonus:...

Folie a deux. On the use of neuroscience in psychotherapy, cognitive dissonances and nondeterministic cognitive workarounds that arise.

Can you spot any zombie theories in psychotherapy? Are you a fun of neuro-mystique? Let's find out.