Dan Cox

What a fantastic idea that I have never thought of before!!!

Question: Has anyone had any continuing education experiences that were particularly good/helpful? I’ve been giving more continuing education recently and am reflecting on what is helpful/not helpful for folks as I prep. Thank you in advance!!!

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The last sentence of the abstract is my favorite sentence of 2024.

Reciprocal language style matching: Indicator or facilitator of therapeutic bond The tendency to linguistically synchronize is an adaptive and prosocial process observed in verbal and written communication. Research in therapeutic contexts has primarily conceptualized reciproca...

Fun paper alert: Led by one of my awesome students.

In (very) short: linguistic synchrony is more than a manifestation of the therapeutic alliance (we examined bond). We argue it plays a facilitative function.

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This is cool as hell!! 😎

Very cool. Congratulations!

Mind blown!!! I’m in!

If you have 10 minutes, it’s worth listening to the audio version read by the author.

That’s similar to the types of things we were kicking around. But we were talking about them submitting video. Your suggestion has some advantages bc they can’t “script” if it’s live. I always stress about people who would be good therapists performing poorly bc they’re anxious.

Severity-focused personality disorder diagnoses with Dr. Ueli Kramer.

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We just had an admissions meeting where we discussed how we can do a better job assessing “clinical potential”. If anyone has any thoughts …

I still fantasize about the speeder bike.

That thing looks more stable than the one from the movie!

Hello!

Good point. Looking at the methods further tx seeking could be driving several of the findings.

Your point got me thinking: If patients who have better experiences with therapy are more likely to go back, could controlling for additional tx co-vary out some of the effect we’re interested in?

Might vary by discipline/institution. But I’ve never seen someone include something like this.

Revolutionizing Personality Disorder Diagnosis: Understanding the DSM-5's Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD) and its Clinical Implications with Dr. Robert Krueger Part 1 - Psychotherapy... Join in on another brilliant episode of Psychotherapy & Applied Psychology. This week, Dan is joined by Dr. Robert Krueger and discuss the ongoing studies of personality disorders. Dr. Krueger is ...

Hi Magnus. I had a conversation with Bob Krueger who was part of the DSM 5 PD group about this. He talked a decent amount about the pragmatics of the process. I really learned a lot. Here’s a link if you’re interested. www.buzzsprout.com/2324798/epis...

Thank you!!!

Sex difference is striking.

New large study (n ~ 6 million) in @JAMApsych tracking mental disorder trends in Denmark showing increases in mood disorders in recent birth cohorts tinyurl.com/c5nyfd8k

First BlueSky post. I’m excited to have some good conversations about psychology, psychotherapy, research, and maybe even make a joke or two 😊