Therapy
What makes therapy help, and close looks at specific approaches (Internal Family Systems, Emotion-Focused Therapy and Hakomi), with the evidence for each and free tools to try.
18 posts and 6 tools, last updated Oct 19, 2026. Short link: doctorreid.com/therapy
- Psilocybin is my friendThe experiences that changed lives, and the numbers on when it goes badlyOct 24, 2026
- Talking about trauma, with careHow to ask, how to listen, and what not to sayOct 19, 2026
- Unfinished businessEmotion science, part 2: why the argument in the shower never endsOct 18, 2026
- The empty chairEmotion science, part 1: chair work, where it came from, and why anger healsOct 18, 2026
- The ninety seconds afterWhat to do in the gap between a trigger and your reactionOct 9, 2026
- Solve for nowTen equations of meditation, each with an experiment to runOct 9, 2026
- What emotional intelligence actually isThe evidence on EI: what it is, what it predicts, how to train itOct 9, 2026
- Coming home to the bodyInteroception, embodiment, and guided ways back into the bodyOct 8, 2026
- Ten signposts out of the woodsTen playful meditations, with the research behind eachOct 5, 2026
- The hidden therapistHow music works inside a psychedelic sessionOct 5, 2026
- Meditation, deconstructedA field guide to training attention, and how to begin todayOct 3, 2026
- How much of the change is the molecule?The drug, the therapist, or neither: what does the work?Oct 2, 2026
- The doubting diseaseOCD: what it is, how it is measured, and how exposure worksOct 1, 2026
- No one chooses thisEating disorders explained for families, and what to sayOct 1, 2026
- The worry engineGeneralized anxiety and its relatives, with a self-check for eachOct 1, 2026
- The committee insideInternal Family Systems, with tools to map your partsSep 28, 2026
- The gentlest experimentHakomi: mindfulness, the body and loving presenceSep 28, 2026
- Feelings are dataAn emotion primer through Emotion-Focused TherapySep 28, 2026
- How therapy worksThe predictive brain, and why talking with someone changes itAug 27, 2026
- Parts MapperMap your inner parts around the Self, draw how they relate, and save it as an image or PDF.Tool
- Self-energy checkThe 8 C's right now, and Self-qualities vs Self-leadership lately.Tool
- Emotional processing styleTen questions on how you tend to handle feelings, with where to start.Tool
- Two-minute emotion check-inBody, name, what's underneath, need, next step.Tool
- A gentle Hakomi experimentSettle, hear a probe, and notice what shows up — all by itself.Tool
- Body-listening reflectionEight dimensions of body awareness, drawn as a flower.Tool
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Mind & perception, PTSD & trauma, Psychedelic medicine, Mood & anxiety, Food & eating
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