Episode 8: Jonathan Shedler, PhD

What is psychoanalysis and how does it work? Want a clear, impassioned, jargon-free explanation? Look no further: this episode's guest is one of the top communicators of psychoanalytic ideas in the world today.

Psychoanalyst Jonathan Shedler, PhD, is an internationally renowned author, speaker, researcher, and clinical consultant. A psychologist, he is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis.

Dr. Shedler is perhaps best known for his article The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, which won worldwide acclaim for establishing psychoanalytic therapy as an evidence-based treatment.

For more information on Dr. Shedler and for the papers discussed in this podcast, visit his website at: www.jonathanshedler.com