# Bruce Wampold

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"The Surprising Power of Placebo in Psychotherapy!" - John Kelley, Ph.D.

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 drives the outcomes? In this episode, Dr. Bruce Wampold sits down with Dr. John Kell…

"The Changing Landscape of Mental Health Services" - Mark Olfson, M.D., M.P.H. - s3, e5

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 explores in this timely episode with Dr. Mark Olfson, one of the leading experts on…

"Belonging As Treatment: The Power of Group Therapy" - Cheri Marmarosh, Ph.D.

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? In this episode, Dr. Bruce Wampold sits down with Dr. Cheri Marmarosh — Professor of Clinical Psychology at The George Washingto…

"Key Factors That Make Psychotherapy TRULY Effective" - With Bruce Wampold, Ph.D.

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 strengthen to get better outcomes? In this episode of The Making Therapy Better Podcast, ou…

Social Prescribing and Creative Health (with Prof. Helen Chatterjee)

Clinical care is estimated to account for only 20% of a person’s health outcomes. So how do we tackle the far more influential social and economic determinants of health?  Social prescribing is one of the approaches aiming to change how we view health by recognising that wellbeing is shaped as much…

Making psychotherapy work for you (SOP25)

Research has shown that psychotherapy is an effective tool for people who are dealing with a wide range of mental and behavioral health issues, yet people are still hesitant to visit a therapist for treatment. In this episode, we talk with psychologist and researcher Bruce Wampold, PhD, about why p…

"Can Speech Predict Psychiatric Diagnoses? How Computational Psychiatry Is Changing the Field" - Natalia Mota, MD, PhD

Can the structure of speech reveal where a psychotic episode is heading? In this episode, Bruce talks with computational psychiatrist Natalia Mota, MD, PhD, about her research showing how the structure of speech can help differentiate between emerging psychotic disorders earlier and more precisely …

"Empathy Is More Than Just Words: Why You Shouldn't Ditch Your Therapist for AI" - Anat Perry, Ph.D.

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? In this episode, Bruce Wampold sits down with Dr. Anat Perry -- one of the first and most innovative researcher…

Part 1: Science, Bureaucracy, Oil and Odyssey at the end of Empire

The FDA rejected MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD after the best trial results ever recorded for the disorder, because the patients could tell they were on the drug. That decision is the cleanest proof of the psycho-history series thesis: we have turned science into a ritual, and the ritual now outra…

Making psychotherapy work for you (SOP25)

Research has shown that psychotherapy is an effective tool for people who are dealing with a wide range of mental and behavioral health issues, yet people are still hesitant to visit a therapist for treatment. In this episode, we talk with psychologist and researcher Bruce Wampold, PhD, about why p…