Elliot Jurist is professor of psychology at the City College of New York and professor of philosophy at the Graduate Center, CUNY. He is completing a book about memoirs that reflect upon experiences in therapy. He writes the monthly online newsletter Mental(izing) Health.
Mental health
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Why we’re hopeful about mental health videos on TikTok
People are broadcasting their psychological self-diagnoses on TikTok. Some experts are worried, but we see an opportunity
by Elliot Jurist & Julia Jurist
Psychoanalysis and the unconscious
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The power of slow therapy, revealed in two pioneering memoirs
Two therapy memoirs by Lucy Freeman, an overlooked mental health pioneer, remind us of the value of slow, convoluted therapy
by Elliot Jurist