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Making Therapy Better brings together some of the top minds in psychotherapy as well as everyday clinicians to talk about where the field is headed and how we can achieve better mental health care for everyone. www.makingtherapybetter.com www.carepaths.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchMaking Therapy Better brings together some of the top minds in psychotherapy as well as everyday clinicians to talk about where the field is headed and how we can achieve better mental health care for everyone.
Making Therapy Better is hosted by Bruce Wampold, PhD. The show has published 31 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include ""Empathy Is More Than Just Words: Why You Shouldn't Ditch Your Therapist for AI" - Anat Perry, Ph.D." (2 April 2026, 55 minutes), ""Can Speech Predict Psychiatric Diagnoses? How Computational Psychiatry Is Changing the Field" - Natalia Mota, MD, PhD" (25 February 2026, 56 minutes), and ""A Psychiatry Failure? The Serotonin Theory of Depression Lacks Evidence" - Joanna Moncrieff, M.D." (20 January 2026, 60 minutes).
Making Therapy Better publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 61 minutes across 31 episodes.
Booking probability for Making Therapy Better is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Making Therapy Better requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Making Therapy Better's contact route on record: verified email.
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Bruce Wampold, PhD hosts Making Therapy Better, a health podcast with 31 episodes published.
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Episode #11
<p>What is the unique value of psychotherapy in a world where AI can convincingly simulate empathy while delivering evidence-based treatments with better fidelity than many human therapists?</p><p>In this episode, Bruce...
<p>Can the structure of speech reveal where a psychotic episode is heading?</p><p>In this episode, Bruce talks with computational psychiatrist Natalia Mota, MD, PhD, about her research showing how the structure of...
Episode #9
<p>Is depression really caused by a chemical imbalance — or is that one of the most enduring myths in modern psychiatry? </p><p>For decades, the serotonin theory of depression has shaped how mental health is explained...
<p>Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy REALLY superior to Humanistic or Psychodynamic approaches? According to the scientific evidence, what factors ACTUALLY drive the change process, and what skills can therapists...
<p>Why do therapists keep making the same avoidable mistakes?</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Bruce Wampold sits down with Dr. Mick Cooper — Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Roehampton and an...
<p>Despite decades of evidence showing that group therapy is often just as effective as individual therapy, it remains underutilized in clinical training and practice. Why?</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Bruce Wampold sits...
<p>Has the rise of telehealth truly reduced inequities in who has access to psychotherapy? Who is being left behind? How did COVID-19 impact the prevalence of mental illness? These are just a few of the questions Bruce...
<p>Dive into placebo effects in clinical trials, psychotherapy, and even conditions like Parkinson’s. Can a sugar pill really help someone heal? And what if it’s not just the pill, but the expectation of benefit, that...
<p>In this inspiring episode, Bruce sits down with Dr. Louis Castonguay from Pennsylvania State University to delve into the evolution and current state of psychotherapist training and education. The discussion covers a...
<p>In this engaging episode, Bruce sits down with Dr. Julia Frank to discuss their collaboration on the newly revised edition of 'Persuasion and Healing,' a groundbreaking book on the science and philosophy of...
<p>Why haven’t psychotherapy outcomes improved in decades, despite hundreds of new treatment models and thousands of new randomized controlled trials?</p><p>In this special episode of the Making Therapy Better podcast...
<p>Zac Imel, PhD is a professor and Director of clinical training in the counseling department at the University of Utah as well as co-founder and Chief Psychotherapy Science officer at Lyssn.io, an AI-powered...
<p>Daisy Singla, PhD is a clinical psychologist, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and senior scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research at the Centre...
<p>Michael Garrett MD is professor emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, and previously served as medical director of the Department of Psychiatry at North Central Bronx Hospital...
<p>Jerome is a Professor of Social Work at New York University as well as a member of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, and has sat on editorial boards for the Clinical Social Work Journal and...
<p>Nancy McWilliams, PhD is emerita visiting professor of Psychology at Rutgers University and a former president of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Psychoanalysis. She is the author of several...
<p>Dr. Raison is a professor of psychiatry and human ecology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, director of Clinical and Translational Research for Usona Institute, and Director of Research on Spiritual Health for...
<p>Steven is a professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University. He has over 300 publications to his name and is the recipient of numerous awards, including, in 2020, the American Psychological Association’s...
<p>Ed received his doctorate in anthropology from UC Santa Barbara, after which he worked at the Institute for Theoretical Biology in Berlin. He is currently a professor of evolutionary anthropology and director of the...
<p>Barrett Griffith is CEO of CarePaths, where he has served for over five years, previously as a developer and then as CTO. He has two decades of experience in the tech industry, with much of that time in healthcare...
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Psychiatrist & Professor of Critical & Social Psychiatry, Critical Psychiatry Network
Professor of Counselling Psychology, University of Roehampton
Visiting Professor Emerita, Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology
Director of Behavioral Health Innovation Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison
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