The 10 Best Very Bad Therapy Podcast Episodes
1) 67. VBT in Focus: Dr. Don Meichenbaum on CBT and Hype
Dr. Don Meichenbaum is credited with helping to develop cognitive behavioral therapy in the 1960s and 1970s. He has been named one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the 20th century. He ...Show More
2) Ep. 0: An Ultra-Brief Intro
Carrie and Ben share why they decided to start a podcast about bad therapy. What can be learned from our guests' varied experiences in the counseling room? How will this podcast be helpful to listener...Show More
3) 83. Drive-Thru DBT (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)
In this episode, our guest Maryellen shares her bad experience with a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) specialist. But was it bad therapy? Was it therapy at all? Dr. Ben Caldwell joins us to share h...Show More
4) 78. Very Bad Couples Therapy (with Dr. Bonnie Kennan)
Building a good therapeutic alliance in couples therapy can be tricky with multiple people in the counseling room. This is especially challenging when the therapist is consistently late or not present...Show More
5) 72. All About Psychiatry (with Dr. Patrick Wiita)
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...Show More
6) 1. EMDR for Dummies (with Curt Widhalm, LMFT)
EMDR is a groundbreaking, controversial, and maybe not-that-special psychotherapy treatment. We explore the research on its mechanisms and effectiveness before hearing from our guest Justin about his ...Show More
7) 20. When Therapists Need Therapy
Your therapist is having a bad day. Will this impact the quality of counseling? If you ask the therapist, probably not. But what does the research suggest about clients' perceptions of therapists who ...Show More
8) 31. How Important is Therapist Attachment Style? (with Jon Hook)
Jon Hook, PhD student at Western Michigan University, is contributing to research on how the coding of session transcripts to determine therapist attachment styles can be used to facilitate better cli...Show More
9) 42. VBT in History (1970s): Was the Stanford Prison Experiment a Sham?
Philip Zimbardo rode the impact of the Stanford Prison Experiment to international renown. Perhaps he forgot to mention that his famous research was more performance art than psychological experiment....Show More
42. VBT in History (1970s): Was the Stanford Prison Experiment a Sham?
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10) 48. In Defense of Bad Therapy (with Angela Caldwell, LMFT)
This week’s story from Ashley has all the markings of bad family therapy. But did the interventions work? Ashley shares her experience as a teenager in crisis being threatened with inpatient care and ...Show More