Tracy A. Dennis-Tiwary, PhD

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Tracy A. Dennis-Tiwary, PhD

Anxiety researcher & author of forthcoming book Future Tense
Founder of Wise Therapeutics
City University of New York psychology and neuroscience professor

08/19/2026

Bulletins from parenting on the road.

It turns out that a human teenager has an endless supply of emotional curve balls and opinions you had no idea they possessed, as if they’re pulling it all from some alternate universe they keep in the back pocket of their thrifted jeans.

https://tracydennistiwary.substack.com/p/the-human-frequency-issue-3

01/27/2026

Tune in Thursday, 1/29 at 12:30 EST for my live chat on Substack with the brilliant Dr. Vanessa Scaringi on “A.I. and the Future of Therapy.”

Join on Substack https://open.substack.com/live-stream/104030

Will human therapy become a luxury item in the age of therapy bots? Does A.I. therapy work, and who does it work for? What are the actual risks and benefits of A.I. for mental health? We’ll discuss all this and more!

12/01/2025

Let’s stop fooling ourselves - an AI chatbot that acts like a therapist should be regulated like one.

https://tracydennistiwary.substack.com/p/ai-chatbots-are-acting-like-therapists

02/12/2025

OK people, this one is a deep dive into the weird world of biohacking and how it’s seeped deep into our consciousness about mental health and wellness. This archetype of what it means to be well is making everything worse.

https://tracydennistiwary.substack.com/p/the-biohacker

02/05/2025

We’ve been convinced that the good life is one that is seamless and efficient. It’s not. This constant push to optimize is making everything worse.

https://tracydennistiwary.substack.com/p/the-hell-of-the-same

02/03/2025

Happiness doesn’t like to be chased. It’s like a wild beast in the forest, best approached sideways.

https://tracydennistiwary.substack.com/p/help-children-suffer

01/22/2025

We’re either part of the solution or part of the problem.

https://tracydennistiwary.substack.com/p/dear-fellow-psychologists

12/02/2024

I’m happy to report that the paperback of my book Future Tense: Why Anxiety is Good for You (Even Though it Feels Bad) is out. I’ve spent decades studying the causes and treatment of anxiety disorders. ADs exist and they’re debilitating. At the same time, the anxiety-as-disease story - the notion that all experiences of anxiety are pathological - is false. And this misunderstanding is directly harming us. The sole purpose of my book is to correct our misunderstanding of this essential emotion.

Do I sometimes feel like a PR person for anxiety? Yes, I do. But I think anxiety and a whole host of other negative emotions need to be reclaimed. That’s because mental health is not the absence of these difficult feelings. It’s the ability to have them, own them, feel them in good measure, and do something with them.

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/future-tense-tracy-dennis-tiwary?variant=41157369823266

11/25/2024

A poem about what is lost and what can be gained.

https://tracydennistiwary.substack.com/p/small-beautiful-things

11/14/2024

I almost never write about politics because I lack the expertise to do so. But as I have been trying to understand why the Dems lost, I realized that the answer in part lies in the concept of psychodrama. My diagnosis – the Democrats lost the script. My treatment plan – refocus on the true American narrative: Aspiration.

https://tracydennistiwary.substack.com/p/the-2024-election-was-a-psychodrama

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