As a therapist, how do I bring research and science into the room with me and my therapy clients?

Well, it's tricky because it isn't always black and white. Sometimes it's messy. Sometimes it's

amorphous. And while therapy and research should theoretically be linked, sometimes making that link

isn't all that easy. So we're going to talk about that today.

Hello, everybody.

Welcome back to The Anxious Truth.

This is episode 343 of the podcast.

We are recording in May of 26 in case you are listening or watching from the future.

I'm Drew Insalada, creator and host of The Anxious Truth.

I am a therapist that specializes in the treatment of anxiety and anxiety disorders

practicing in New York. I'm a former sufferer of the very things we talk about on this podcast,

author, an advocate, psychoeducator, guy with expensive cameras and microphones, although neither

the camera or the microphone that I'm using at the moment are terribly expensive. And here on the

anxious truth, we talk about anxiety, anxiety disorders, and the process of anxiety recovery or desensitization, depending on the word

that you like to use. People like me who practice in the area of anxiety disorders often talk

about evidence-based practice or research-based practice. We're really big on that in my specialty,

and we should be. But what really

is the link between science and therapy, between research and therapy? How does a therapist bring

research or science into the therapy room with a client? How do we use it? How do we leverage it? How do we

try to use it to make your lives better? Well, I invited a friend along today for a discussion.

Anna Lund, Anna is a practicing psychotherapist

in the UK, and her area of expertise is the intersection between neuroscience and psychotherapy. So

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