Episode 60 - VBT in History (2010s): The Replication Crisis Comes for Us All

There is an ongoing replication crisis in science; many of the studies that frame our scientific knowledge, especially in psychology, likely have incorrect conclusions. This has huge ramifications for clinical psychology. How can clinicians be effective if the research that supports accepted practices is largely a mirage? Join us as we explore the false positives of psychotherapy and gaze into the existential void.

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Show Notes:

• Psychology’s Replication Crisis Has Made The Field Better

• False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant

• Raising Awareness for the Replication Crisis in Clinical Psychology by Focusing on Inconsistencies in Psychotherapy Research: How Much Can We Rely on Published Findings from Efficacy Trials?

• Replication crisis (Wikipedia)

• The “marshmallow test” said patience was a key to success. A new replication tells us s’more.

• What psychology’s crisis means for the future of science

• The Replication Crisis in Psychology: What is and is NOT being talked about

• Psychology’s Replication Crisis and Clinical Psychological Science

• Biases in research: risk factors for non-replicability in psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy research

• The evidence for evidence-based therapy is not as clear as we thought

• Most Psychotherapy Research Probably Isn’t Reproducible (But We Can Fix That)

• Therapy for Black Girls – Session 116: Using Therapy to Craft Your Hot Girl Summer

• Making cross-racial therapy work: A phenomenological study of clients’ experiences of cross-racial therapy