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Professor William Sharp

@drwilliamsharp.bsky.social
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Psychoanalyst and group psychotherapist Professor of psychology, at Northeastern University & Supervising/Training Analyst-Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis

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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Love it!
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gabrielaamartinezm.bsky.social @gabrielaamartinezm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I thought Shelder's conclusion in his article published in 2016 was very interesting. It made me want to check his citations, as he said to not trust anyone, even himself. Spoiler... All of them exist and were correctly cited! @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social #Psyc4666
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Torture statistics enough, and they’ll admit to anything-MT
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not 'just wrote', but caught the crux of the issue. Being moderate these days is really tough, but necessary.
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Is Dr Sharp more likely a reader or an avid lifter? Based on being a professor, more likely a reader. But, as often can happen in personality assessments, some questions create false binaries. Why not both? youtube.com/shorts/naUxd...
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Interested in child development? Are you a parent? Are you thinking about being a parent? This looks like an amazing series coming up.  bgsp.edu/event/the-fi...
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🐂 Zeeroh Bovine 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈⛺🌳🌲🐂👨‍🌾 @zeerohbovine.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Dolly Parton - Peace Train fea. Ladysmith Black Mambazo (1996)
YouTube video by Col. Lonnie Fain
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Join me at this 6-series talk on Lacan as Dr McCormick breaks down Lecture 24… It’s the first person I’ve found talking about Lacan who makes it accessible (dare I say fun!) LecturesOnLacan lecturesonlacan.substack.com/p/join-our-n...
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Join our New Series on Seminar XXIV!
Join us this fall as we venture into one of Jacques Lacan’s most structurally complex and theoretically daring seminars, wonderfully titled Love Is the Failure of the Unbewoops (Seminar XXIV).
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“The physicist Max Planck claimed that science progresses at the speed with which the old guard dies off. The fall of the psychoanalytic empire seemed a little quicker than that.”
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“In the 196os, more than half of all American psychiatrists were psychoanalysts; today the percentage has dwindled to single figures…1/2
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Agree ✔️ #BookSky
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Therapy Needs to Get Help www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/o... Have to use this in class #Psyc4666 @northeasternu.bsky.social Great clear break down. From issues with the DSM to looking for a gold standard. I have Solms new book and will start soon!
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Opinion | Therapy Needs Therapy. Neuroscience Can Help.
The good news is that the neuroscience of perception can pave the way out.
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Northeastern College of Science @northeasterncos.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Could physical fitness affect kids’ impulse control? Northeastern researcher Charles Hillman found that greater aerobic fitness was linked to better inhibitory control in children. 🧪 Read more: bit.ly/4wKVNDD #COSConnects #Psychology
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Aerobic fitness may be a teller of some brain health, study suggests
Aerobic fitness levels, more than body fat, have a greater impact on self-control in kids, Northeastern researchers find.
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Throw back Thursday. #TBT For those unfamiliar- I am holding a “phone” that was attached to a wall and the piece of it in my hand was attached to that with a cord. Best upgrade was when the cord reached all the way to the living room and you could be mobile with it.
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Had an good time at my first machine massage- I liked the preheat the AI arms did before working an area, was really impressed with the pressure and control I had over that, and its ability to find muscle insertion points and knots! @aescape
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Throw back Thursday … on summer vacation so not posting as much, but here ya go!
A happy kid finding an Easter egg.
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Aaron Balick 🍉 @aaronbalick.com · 05/07/2026
“Who could remain unmoved when Freud seemed suddenly to plunge towards the origins? 1/4 ”Suddenly he stepped out of the conscious into the unconscious, out of the everywhere into the nowhere, like some supreme explorer. 2/4
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Aaron Balick 🍉 @aaronbalick.com · 05/07/2026
Boy, D.H. Lawrence has a way of putting into words how exciting it can be to read Freud!
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Finished Richard Gadd’s #HalfMan … ***Spoilers*** Yikes. Great analysis here: “This brings us back full circle to the most shocking scene from the first episode, when the young Niall creeping out from under Ruben’s arms and discovers, to his horror, cum in his pants.”
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Hello everyone, Jesse here. Please tell someone in Boston to come to our show because Eugene Mirman is going to be there and overall it will kick ass.
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Right?
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Handsome at Any Cost www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/s...
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Handsome at Any Cost
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
A nice break from #psychoanalytic reading #DCC 2 books still to buy. 2 more to get published.
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Psychotherapy stands at a crossroads. It can continue to operate as a collection of competing tribes, or it can finally organize around the processes that make change possible. The emergence of AI has not created this dilemma—it has simply made it unavoidable. - @AllenFrancis x.com/allenfrances...
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Proud to be the 29,316th crawler 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG + Unstoppable! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
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Get ready to enter your very own World Dungeon! Play as a familiar face, such as 🧨 Carl, 👑🐈 Donut, 🐊 Florin, 🐐 Prepotente, or build your own unique crawler, complete with a customizable class and race...
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Always impressed with our students @northeasterncos.bsky.social Thanks for representing the Psychology department at the admissions Welcome Day!
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Thanks Zac for joining me at the table today @northeasternu.bsky.social to represent #Psychology at the explore program event. @northeasterncos.bsky.social
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It’s very cool to see how these things can be connected in the #unconscious! #Jung and his ideas about #complexes resonated for me here- something like a feeling can tap into ‘soma’ / physical health
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liz-woo.bsky.social @liz-woo.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I asked Claude to create a CBT framework for someone struggling with anxious thoughts. It did some thinking and spit out a 13 page fill in/worksheet exercises which was cool. I think AI can help with certain tasks related to therapy but in my opinion, it is not a substitute for a human therapist.
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I love when I agree with the other therapists in an article where I am cited... news.northeastern.edu/2026/02/17/s.... @northeasterncos.bsky.social @nuglobalnews.bsky.social
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With 'Shrinking,' therapy is mainstream. Is that a good thing?
Once taboo, therapy has become fashionable thanks to social media and shows like “Shrinking.” Therapists say that comes with tradeoffs.
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
www.instagram.com/reel/DVoqIYc... All along I thought AI would be able to do #CBT… yikes.
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
"...our childhoods leave in us stories... stories we never found a way to voice...When we cannot find a way of telling our story, our story tells us-we dream these stories, we develop symptoms, or we find outselves acting in ways we don't undersand" p10 Grosz (2013)
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A Psychoanalyst Lets Us Eavesdrop www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/m...
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A Psychoanalyst Lets Us Eavesdrop
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Finally got to reading this … interesting to see the trends, gossip, etc. One take away? Good training will help keep clients coming your way… thanks BGSP … bgsp.edu/academics/de... clearhealthcosts.com/blog/2026/01...
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Therapist forums buzzing over drop in Psychology Today referrals - ClearHealthCosts
More therapists said they have noticed that their referrals from Psychology Today directory listings, a primary source of clients, have dropped.
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Geek at Arms @geekatarms.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
PAX East is right around the corner, and I couldn't be more excited. It's an amazing time to plays some games and be with your people. I have a first-timer's guide to PAX East so you can get the most out of the show. geekatarms.com/2019/03/18/g... #PAX #PAXEast #PAXEast2026
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Guide to Your First PAX East - Geek@Arms
You’ve just scored tickets to your first PAX East. Congrats! So, now what? You’re going to find over 500,000 square feet of the Disney World of gaming cons. A lot of first-time PAX goers want a little...
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yu-care.bsky.social @yu-care.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I didn't realize these so-called evidence-based therapies (ie, manualised) were actually based on studies that didn't even have statistically significant results. What's the point of these methods if they don't ultimately help people in the long-term? @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social #TalkingHelps
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lukepando.bsky.social @lukepando.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
In “Where is the Evidence for Evidence-Based' Therapy“, Shedler is careful to note that the term ‘statistically significant’ is more of a marketing technicality than a clinically meaningful result. It can be used to bolster an otherwise underwhelming “benefit”. @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social #psyc4666
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A must read jonathanshedler.com/wp-content/u...
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Discussing what evidence based therapy really means youtu.be/IQBx5TONHac
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The Case for Psychoanalysis , Version 4
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libbybourque.bsky.social @libbybourque.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Would you read what your therapist has to say about you? Therapists are now allowing patients to see their therapists' notes, in an attempt to improve therapeutic trust, communication, and self-confidence. #MentalHealthAwareness @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social
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Connor Lyons @connorlyons.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
After reading Dr. Laquercia’s blog on patients having access to their therapists’ notes, I agree with his apprehension. Discussing a patient’s progress can be an important part of the analytic process that I fear may be lost through the sharing of therapists’ notes. @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Doom- or hope-scrolling? Either way- it’s important to know about why we are doing it, avoid the repetition compulsion (& understand negative reinforcement)… “We are upset about the state of the world bc we care about it… that is something precious to hold on to.” open.substack.com/pub/appliedp...
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Why Doomscrolling is Secretly a Search for Hope
After finding myself in a doomscroll-spiral, I realised I wasn’t chasing disaster but reassurance – I was hopescrolling.
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Aaron Balick 🍉 @aaronbalick.com · 09/01/2026
People often believe the lies they are told, despite actually knowing they are lies, because the story of the lie is more preferable than the truth. They are pretending (to themselves) not to know. 1/2
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Aaron Balick 🍉 @aaronbalick.com · 24/12/2025
It is a truth universally acknowledged amongst psychotherapists that however much progress a client has made through December, they will invariably return a hot mess come January. www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/why-...
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Why you regress into a stroppy teen at Christmas (and what you can do about it)
'Tis the season for regression – even if you're older, wiser and have done a heap load of therapy. Here Dr. Aaron Balick breaks down why going home for the holidays is so challenging, and how you can ...
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I remember this PSA.
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Boston Parks Department @parks.boston.gov · 05/12/2025
The Boston Common is lit for the season! Thank you to everyone who braved the cold last night to join us in celebrating the 85th annual Boston Common Tree Lighting! 🌟
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Wrapped up journals for Fall 2025 Personality course! Honorable Mentions (1/2)           Darsh Bhalala  Svetlana Bogdanova  Magaret Canavan  Adora Chen  Ella Chen  Sarah Del Prado  Andrew Ding
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Professor William Sharp @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
“…[antisemitism] had hardly been noticed by either learned or public opinion because [it] belonged to a subterranean stream of European history where, hidden from the light of the public & the attention of the enlightened, [it] had been able to gather an entirely unexpected violence.“p7 Arendt
A photograph of Hannah ARENDT’s, the origins of total terrorism book
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