Episode 28 - VBT in Focus: Dr. Chris Hoff on Curiosity, Knowing, and Failure

Dr. Chris Hoff hosts The Radical Therapist podcast and YouTube channel. He joins us to discuss postmodern assumptions in therapy, how a strict focus on social justice can lead to familiar diagnostic pitfalls, and the importance of maintaining curiosity to combat confirmation bias. Plus, we explore the benefits of creating a culture where failure is valued and Chris shares his advice for early-career clinicians.

Show Notes:

• Support Very Bad Therapy on Patreon

• The Radical Therapist podcast and YouTube channel

• Why Has Critique Run Out of Steam?

• An Attempt at a "Compositionist Manifesto"

• Cheerleading in Therapy?

• What Can't Be Fixed (The Moth)

• 4 Ways of Knowing in Counseling & Therapy

• Transformation Now!: Toward a Post-Oppositional Politics of Change

• The Queer Art of Failure

• Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair

• The Politics of Forgiveness