Very Bad Therapy

The more you learn about psychotherapy research, the less it all seems to make sense. Dr. Alex Williams and Dr. John Sakaluk are working to change that by researching the research itself. We discuss t...

15 Feb 20212h

The cost of therapy, like most everything else, increases over time. This can lead to some difficult conversations about money and rate changes. How should therapists talk with their clients about fee...

1 Feb 20211h 21min

Conversations about sex – even in therapy – are often constrained by harmful cultural narratives. In today's episode, Leah describes her experience of being shamed and blamed by her sex therapist, and...

18 Jan 20211h 29min

Silence in therapy can feel awkward, helpful, expansive, or even punitive. There is no consensus on its usefulness, but it can certainly contribute to very bad therapy. Ella joins us to share her expe...

4 Jan 20211h 24min

It's not a secret that rapport contributes to outcomes in all types of healthcare. How, then, to make sense of our guest C's story about a psychiatrist who ranted about Christmas, laughed at her suici...

21 Des 20201h 19min

In this week's episode, Amy shares her childhood experience as a sexual abuse survivor being told by a therapist that her behavior was the problem and needed to be called out by her family. We also sp...

7 Des 20201h 15min

Dave Segal is a nature-based therapist and the executive director of Human-Nature Counselling in Victoria, British Columbia. He discusses his own experience of bad therapy, the importance of attunemen...

23 Nov 20201h 3min

Today's guest Cherry shares her experience being prescribed benzodiazepines and God instead of receiving the emotional support she was seeking. We explore the impact of culture and stigma on mental he...

9 Nov 20201h 10min