Therapy for Men Who Think Therapy Is Bullshit
The guys who think therapy is bullshit are not wrong about most of what they’ve been pitched. Their wife dragged them to a couples counselor who used phrases…
Nov 15, 2025
The Problem with “I Can’t Help It”
“I can’t help it” is one of the most common sentences people bring into a psychiatry office, and one of the most expensive things they can say out…
Oct 30, 2025
Adhd Treatment
Adult ADHD treatment is one of the parts of psychiatry where the gap between what works and what most patients actually get prescribed is genuinely wide. The medications…
Sep 18, 2025
Sobriety Isn’t the Hard Part (It’s Everything After)
People think getting sober is the hard part. Yeah, detox sucks, early sobriety is uncomfortable, breaking the actual habit is genuinely difficult… that’s not what pulls people back…
Aug 25, 2025
Call It What It Is: The Naming Method Explained
This is the core of how I work with people, so it’s worth getting on the page in plain English. The Naming Method comes down to one principle.…
Aug 9, 2025
Performance Anxiety Isn’t Just About Sex
Performance anxiety doesn’t show up the way the name suggests it does. When people hear it they think about sex, specifically about a guy who can’t get hard…
Jul 26, 2025
PTSD Treatment
PTSD is what happens when your brain encodes a memory wrong. Most memories get filed away, lose their sharp edges, and when you pull them back out a…
Jul 19, 2025
Anxiety Treatment
The public conversation about anxiety treatment and the clinical reality have drifted about as far apart as it’s possible for two conversations on the same topic to drift.…
Jul 7, 2025
The Story I’m Telling Myself Is…
One of the most powerful ideas that comes up again and again in therapy, and one that Dr. John returns to often on his podcast “The Dr. John…
Jun 11, 2025
Addiction Treatment
Addiction is what happens when the brain’s reward wiring gets hijacked. There’s a circuit that’s supposed to push you toward food, sex, novelty, your kid’s face, the things…
May 31, 2025