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Clinical Wisdom: Why Myths Still Matter

Clinical Wisdom: Why Myths Still Matter

What Hercules can teach us about confronting and conquering life's challenges.

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Clinical Wisdom: Hidden Secrets of the Therapeutic Alliance

Clinical Wisdom: Hidden Secrets of the Therapeutic Alliance

How what happens (and doesn't happen) in the therapy relationship makes it work.

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Clinical Wisdom: Quintessential Secrets of Psychotherapy

Clinical Wisdom: Quintessential Secrets of Psychotherapy

What do we mean by "clinical wisdom," and why do we need it today?

04.08.2026 60

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What Is Happiness, and Can It Be Attained in Therapy?

What Is Happiness, and Can It Be Attained in Therapy?

Is happiness something patients can realistically expect to gain from therapy?

02.08.2026 40

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When Symptom-Focused Psychotherapy Isn't Enough

When Symptom-Focused Psychotherapy Isn't Enough

What is the 'daimonic' and how is it addressed in psychotherapy?

01.08.2026 50

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Resolving the Repetition Compulsion

Resolving the Repetition Compulsion

How to work through the repetition compulsion in psychotherapy.

31.07.2026 50

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Stephen A. Diamond Ph.d

Hidden Secrets of Psychotherapy: What Is "Clinical Wisdom"?

Where clinical wisdom comes from, and how it's made use of in therapy.

28.07.2026 40

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Psychotherapy's Hidden Secrets

Does psychotherapy include the transmission or teaching of esoteric secrets?

25.07.2026 40

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Narcissism and Romantic Relationships: Swallowing the Bitter Pill

What is the secret to resolving the pesky and persistent repetition compulsion?

24.07.2026 50

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Signs, Symptoms, and the Psychology of Suffering

Listening to and dialoging with the Jungian notion of the "shadow."

23.07.2026 40

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Stephen A. Diamond Ph.d

Narcissism and Romantic Relationships: Repetition Compulsion

How narcissism hinders and undermines one's efforts to achieve intimacy.

22.07.2026 200

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How to Listen and Speak to Symptoms in Psychotherapy

What can we learn from listening to and hearing what our symptoms have to say?

21.07.2026 50

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How Clinicians Conceptualize Symptoms Influences Therapy

What your clinician believes about symptoms can affect your path to healing.

18.07.2026 60

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Narcissism and Romantic Relationships: Breaking the Spell

Can we choose to overcome our prickly barriers to intimacy?

16.07.2026 60

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Stephen A. Diamond Ph.d

The Uncanny Happiness of Common Unhappiness

What the psychotherapy patient can and cannot realistically expect from therapy.

15.07.2026 70

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Aliens, Xenophobia, and the Perennial Problem of Evil

What is the psychological and sociological significance of UAPs?

14.07.2026 70

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Learning to Tolerate and Make Sense of Psychiatric Symptoms

How to really start listening to one's mental health symptoms.

13.07.2026 40

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Are We Alone in the Universe?

What is the psychological and sociological significance of the UFO phenomenon?

12.07.2026 60

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Signs, Symptoms, and Suffering

Learning to listen to and make some sense of your seemingly senseless symptoms.

10.07.2026 60

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Beheading the Hydra and the Hidden Source of Symptoms

When symptom-focused psychotherapy isn't enough.

08.07.2026 50

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Beheading the Hydra: Getting Beyond Symptoms to Their Source

When symptom-focused psychotherapy isn't enough.

07.07.2026 200

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Stephen A. Diamond Ph.d

On Narcissism and Romantic Relationships

How old narcissistic injuries undermine the capacity for intimacy.

04.07.2026 50

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Stephen A. Diamond Ph.d

Do Seasoned Therapists Become Less Effective Over Time?

When it comes to therapy, practice may not always make perfect.

03.07.2026 60

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Does Therapy Make Us Better or Worse?

The debate on psychotherapy’s impact and its place in today’s crisis.

03.07.2026 90

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Therapy's Divided Legacy

Can psychotherapy really be blamed for any societal ills today?

01.07.2026 60

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Can Contemporary Psychotherapy Be Blamed for Our Societal Ills?

How much influence, pro or con, does psychotherapy truly exert on society today?

29.06.2026 60

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The Trouble With Therapy Today

Do current psychotherapies contribute to our personal and social ills?

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Quintessential Secrets of Psychotherapy: Facing Evil

24.02.2026 100

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Quintessential Secrets of Psychotherapy: The Trauma of Evil

How can we constructively cope with the existential reality of evil?

23.02.2026 150

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Quintessential Secrets of Psychotherapy: The Role of Acceptance

Acceptance lies at the core of successful psychotherapy.

21.02.2026 150

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Quintessential Secrets of Psychotherapy

What is psychotherapy and how does it really work?

20.02.2026 150

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Stephen A. Diamond Ph.d

The Psychology of Psychotherapist Transparency

21.11.2025 150

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The Redemptive Power of Suffering and Evil

20.10.2025 90

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The Bryan Kohberger Killings: Can We Comprehend His Evil Deed?

02.09.2025 100

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UFOs, Aliens, and the Problem of Evil

20.08.2025 90

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UFOs, Aliens, and the Unknown Other

04.07.2025 100

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Finding Meaning: Jung's Insights on Life's Dual Nature

30.06.2025 90

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Finding Meaning in a Seemingly Senseless World

25.06.2025 100

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