#VersionHaikuSaturday butterflies aloft flitting above the green grass oak leaf silhouette short form butterflies flitting silhouette one line butterflies aloft oak leaf silhouette

#HaikuSaturday In honor of Flag Day, June 14th 5/7/5 stars stripes Old Glory a spectacular sunset transient beauty Short Form Old Glory sunset beauty Monoku Old Glory a spectacular sunset…. transient beauty

One of my favorite moments in psychotherapy: ❝ A patient of mine was deeply struck when I pointed out a repetitive pattern in his life. In a moment of soul-rattling insight, he realized he had repeated the same mistake in his life, time and again. With the shock of recognition, he blurted out, “It’s true, it’s true! I do exactly what you say. I see it!” And then, with consternation: “Why do I do this? Why do I keep doing it? Is this just the way I am?” I answered, “It’s the way you’ve been.” Full text 👇

Many people have the misconception that therapy is about dispensing explanations and advice. It’s an understandable misconception but it’s dead wrong. More than a century of clinical knowledge, accrued over generations, teaches us us that advice and prepackaged “answers” don't help. Psychotherapy is about coming to know *oneself* more fully and deeply, and discovering our own answers—answers that align with our own internal experience and are right for us personally. No one can know those kinds of answers in advance. It’s hard work and it often involves facing painful truths we’d often prefer to avoid. People want a bypass around that kind of hard work. They want prepackaged answers served on a platter. That’s what makes his kind if AI slop so compelling to so many.

“If we are successful [as analysts] we enable our patients to abandon invulnerability and become a sufferer.”—Winnicott, 1989, p. 199

‘A sure sign that the clinician is missing the bigger picture’ - this is a good read! Thanks @JonathanShedler

#HaikuSaturday 5/7/5 flimsy clouds lighthouse blend together --nature’s art blue greens whites and pinks short form clouds lighthouse blending colors nature’s art monoku clouds lighthouse blending colors –nature’s art

This was so funny I almost cried! 🤣😂 Where everybody Knows your name!

#HaikuSaturday 5/7/5 remember today those who sacrificed their lives honor courage strength Short Form remember sacrifices honor Monoku remember those who sacrificed -- honor courage strength

Handsome at Any Cost nytimes.com/2026/02/13/style… I don't know what to say.

✍️ This piece let's you enter a psychotherapy session and see what happens behind the curtain. I'm surprised (and pleased) it's turned out to be one of my most popular pieces. I invite you to read it. "Eavesdropping on a Psychotherapy Session" read: jonathanshedler.substack.com…

#HaikuSaturday 5/7/5 just sneaking a peek beetles crickets snails and slugs yum dinner’s waiting Short Form peeking hedgehog dinner’s nearby yum Monoku peeking hedgehog—dinner awaits

Coming to @BGSPsyA …bgsp.edu/event/artificial-in…

2 books shy of the full collection. And only 2 more on the run! Loving it! #DCC

Insurance underpays therapists.. Private equity, venture capital, & big tech are moving into the mental health field at scale – not to improve care but to capture data and generate profit. Listen to the interview wdet.org/2026/04/23/the-metr… @PsiANorg

#HaikuSaturday 5/7/5 abundance of blooms Flower Moon - May’s first full moon rare month two full moons short form blooms Flower Moon one of two this month monoku Flower Moon May’s first full moon

Well said @psychgeist52 “As critics have been arguing all along, individualised, medicalised and decontextualised models & narratives are not only net ineffective, but even contribute to and exacerbate social & psychological issues and distress. “

“Psychotherapy then stands at a crossroads. It can continue to operate as a collection of competing tribes, or it can finally organize around the processes that make change possible. The emergence of AI has not created this dilemma—it has simply made it unavoidable.”

great piece from @PsiANorg ‘s Linda Michaels tapmagazine.org/all-articles… tapmagazine.org/all-articles…

My friend and fellow psychologist wrote a great piece on AI and psychotherapy… “The real healing comes from the discovery that there is a real person over there, someone who actually felt the impact of your anger or your grief and chose to stay.“ coastaltherapygroup.com/2026…