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"My therapist talks too much"

Anthony S. Ragusea, PsyD, ABPP

Dr. Anthony Ragusea is a licensed, board certified clinical psychologist in Key West, FL. www.ragusea.com

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2020/03/01

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People who say “I feel”

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2016/05/26

I agree with Geoff Nunberg, the “I feel” clause is not the end of rational discourse, but what he doesn’t say is what bugs me….it’s just inaccurate. To say “I feel like taxes are too high” is not correct, that’s not a feeling, it’s an opinion, a thought. It’s like saying “I know in my heart…” no, you don’t know in your heart, it’s a muscle that pumps blood and doesn’t know anything. Yes, we all

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Enough with the spanking already!

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2016/04/28

It’s time for another little chat about spanking children. Yet another study has come out about the harmful effects of spanking, but this one is an enormous meta-analysis covering 160,000 child subjects and decades of research. A meta-analysis is simply a study that collects together the results of many studies and analyzes them to get a sense of what the “big picture” is telling us about a given topic. In this case, the big picture is that spanking is not good for children!The press release

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Poverty and cellphones

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2016/01/07

Sometimes I hear people say that “poor” people in America are really just spoiled because objectively their standard of living is so high–they have expensive luxuries like TVs, computers, refrigerators, and cellphones; objects that would never been seen in the poorest areas of the world. “How poor could they be?” is the implied question.Well I have a different perspective on this issue after listening to an interview with an author who wrote a book about the largest refugee camp in the world

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Two reasons not to believe the argument that mass...

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2015/10/11

Since the recent Oregon mass shooting, one of the regular arguments against gun control has been brought out again–that even if we adopted stricter gun laws they would not stop a determined criminal. The theory is that if a person really wants a gun they will find a way to get one. I’m going to restrict my analysis of this argument to the phenomenon of the “mentally ill mass shooter” and not the hardened criminal or terrorist. Of course, without testing the effectiveness of gun controls

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A Patient-Centered Conundrum

"My therapist talks too much" ·

2015/08/18

Nowadays you hear a lot of about the “patient-centered care model” in medicine. The Institute of Medicine defines it as “Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions.” This model emphases educated decision-making guided by the physician, and is a shift away from the patriarchal “doctor knows best” model of traditional medicine. It is the direction medicine is

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Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia: More Than You Wanted...

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2015/06/03

Even if you’ve never heard of the diagnostic label, Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia (let’s call it BII for brevity’s sake,) chances are you’re still familiar with the condition. It is relatively rare but still considered common by mental illness standards, occurring in approximately 3.5% of the population by most estimates, and it is characterized by an intense overreaction to seeing blood, injections, injuries, or even to the anticipation or imagining of blood, injections, or injuries. This intense

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If I Can Make It, You Can, Too: The Logical Fallacy...

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2015/05/03

The “American Dream” is commonly understood to mean the ability of an individual in this country to achieve anything regardless of where you start, if you simply put in the effort. I’m not sure this is, in reality, every American’s dream, but be that as it may the “American Dream” is considered by many to be inspirational. The idea of overcoming obstacles and achieving great things is so psychologically appealing it is embraced by all political parties. Both Barack Obama and Bill O’Reilly frame

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In Praise of Manipulation

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2015/04/12

When we hear the word “manipulative,” it is usually a pejorative word used in a context like “that person is manipulative, I don’t want to help them” or “stop being so manipulative!” People misunderstand that the real problem is not that a person is manipulative, but rather that the person in question is terrible at being manipulative.This seems counterintuitive, so let me explain. First, let’s define our term. The dictionary will tell you that to manipulate people is to influence them to do what

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Dr. Ruth Roa-Navarrete

"My therapist talks too much" ·

2015/04/06

Dr. Ruth Roa-Navarrete is a prescribing psychologist for the US Air Force. Prescribing psychologists are a rare breed, but hopefully starting to become more common. The views she expresses are solely her own, and it is an invaluable opportunity to hear from a pioneering psychologist about what the experience is like.

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Dr. Joe Sesta

"My therapist talks too much" ·

2015/04/05

Psychologists are starting to prescribe medications. At the moment, three states have laws permitting specially trained psychologists to prescribe certain psychotropic medications. There are many advantages to having prescribing psychologists, yet very few have been able to meet the requirements necessary to acquire this advanced license. Dr. Ragusea interviews one of the few prescribing psychologists around, Dr. Joe Sesta, to learn more about what it means to be a prescribing psychologist and

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The Cancer Show: Part 2

"My therapist talks too much" ·

2015/04/05

The Cancer Show: Part 2: Can cancer be funny? Should it be funny? Some people may find an illness they or a loved one have demeaned if someone sees humor in it. Psychological research shows us that a sense of humor is an extremely effective coping mechanism under stress, but there are diseases so frightening, so deadly and so close to home (add HIV to the list) that even comedians shy away from them. This great episode of On The Media takes a look at this phenomenon, and includes an interview

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New Study Finds Therapy, Antidepressants Equally...

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2015/02/17

New Study Finds Therapy, Antidepressants Equally Effective At Monetizing Depression: Funny, but unfair. The profits made off of psychotropic medications VASTLY exceed the profits made off of psychotherapy. Pharma companies make billions off of psychotropics. Hospitals make billions off of inpatient care. Psychiatrists make 2-3 times more on average a year than psychologists, and of course masters level counselors make less than that. Also, to defend both medication and therapy, there is an

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Panic Attacks

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2015/01/24

In this episode, Dr. Ragusea explains what causes panic attacks and how to stop and prevent them.

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Sleep

"My therapist talks too much" ·

2015/01/11

This podcast is a straightforward talk about sleep, now considered by many to be a vital sign of health: why do we need sleep? what are some ways of addressing common sleep problems?

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The psychology of mistaken beliefs

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2014/12/29

The psychology of mistaken beliefs: “Many Americans apparently are convinced of a fact that it is utterly wrong.” says this article, referring to the idea that China owns over 50% of American debt and will use that leverage to somehow take over America. Here’s the terrible thing about the psychology of mistaken beliefs–by even mentioning this false belief, even though I clearly say it is FALSE, I will be inadvertently contributing to the perpetuation of the belief among people who read this

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More on lowering health care costs

"My therapist talks too much" ·

2014/12/27

More on lowering health care costs: Listen to the first segment of this Radiolab episode. They’re talking about what I was addressing in my last blog post, the hard decisions that have to be made about what we’re willing to pay for healthcare. They posit a number of real and likely scenarios–what if there was a cure for diabetes that cost roughly a $100,000 but cured it forever–given the millions of people with diabetes it would bankrupt the nation! And yet, the lifetime cost of only managing

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Half of the battle to reduce health care costs

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2014/12/16

Half of the battle to reduce health care costs: How do we reduce the costs of health care? Our current path is unsustainable, we know, but what to do? Mental health care is less than 1% of the total expenditures on care insurance companies have to make. That means we have to look to physical health to cut costs. Half the battle is restraining hospitals, drug and medical device companies, and specialists who charge insanely huge amounts of money to keep profits high and have no incentive to

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Psychology's role in the recent Senate "Torture Report"

"My therapist talks too much" ·

2014/12/14

Psychology's role in the recent Senate "Torture Report": This past week, a committee of the US Senate released a comprehensive report on the use of torture against alleged terrorists after 9/11. In the report, two psychologists are identified as being instrumental in designing interrogation protocols that relied on torture. In fact, their company allegedly was paid $81 million to develop this program, so their role was not likely minimal. Understandably, some are looking at psychologists with a

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Could antidepressants have caused Robin William's...

"My therapist talks too much" ·

2014/11/18

Could antidepressants have caused Robin William's suicide?: This article I’ve linked to has a very provocative premise: that comedian Robin Wiliams was taking antidepressants and that the media is ignoring the possibility that those medications may have, at least in part, led him to become suicidal. In fairness, the article does not claim that this is definitely what happened, only that it is a possibility that must be considered, no less than if he was under the influence of illegal drugs. The

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