Jeffery Smith MD

08/25/2026

In this new post, I share my secret to being a great observer. Doing this also keeps me growing in my understanding of how the inner mind pursues survival and how to help it adopt healthier ways to respond. https://howtherapyworks.substack.com/p/being-a-better-observer?r=4hggtp

08/20/2026

My new book brings all therapies under one roof and shows practically how to sharpen technique by understanding how they all do the same few things.

08/14/2026

You are invited to my virtual book launch party! My new book explains in normal language how therapy helps people trade in outdated responses for better ones and how helpers support the process.

The official Publication date is in 9 days, August 20, 2026, but, since I’m still in France, so Kristin and I have decided to schedule it on Zoom on 9/23/26 from 6:30-7:30 New York time.

03/28/2026

In therapy, we seek to replace old, maladaptive patterns for better ones, but where do the better ones come from?

How new learning is the process by which maladaptive patterns are replaced.

02/23/2026

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02/13/2026

Streaming Live next Tuesday... https://howtherapyworks.substack.com/p/streaming-live-on-tuesday-21726-how

12/13/2025

Here are thoughts about a difficult psychotherapy involving shame as well as an element of countertransference. Please enjoy!

Looking at a case where progress seems stalled.

10/21/2025

From SEPI's Istanbul conference, is this a turning point in how we understand the action of psychotherapy?

08/13/2025

Going to the infrastructure of psychotherapy to find what all therapies have in common...

A simple plan for overcoming the divisiveness of psychotherapy

06/24/2025

Really, its time for change, and it's genuinely possible

Why its time for changes in teaching and what to do.