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“Psychology Gone Wrong” on the bestseller list of the German portal “Bucher World”

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I am pleased to inform you that Psychology Gone Wrong. The Dark Side of Science and Therapy hit the bestseller list of the German portal in the category of clinical […]

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HOW CORRUPT IS ACADEMIC PSYCHOLOGY?

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Thanks to Danny Whittaker, the author of the blog MY OWN WORST ENEMY, I invite you to listen to the podcast: or watch a video of my conversation with Danny: […]

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Replication Crisis – Next Scene

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Everybody talks about replication again. This is due to the results of Many Labs 2. You can read about it among others in NATURE, THE ATLANTIC, FUTURISM.COM, etc.   Over the past few years, […]

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About “Psychology Led Astray ” in “The Skeptical Intelligencer”

April 4, 2017by Tomasz Witkowski Leave a comment

Psychology Led Astray is a well-written, readable and thoroughly researched book. … The importance of its subject matter is difficult to overstate. Anyone who is concerned, however remotely, with the study […]

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Psychology Gone Wrong: The Dark Sides of Science and Therapy

March 18, 2017by Tomasz Witkowski Leave a comment
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“Psychology Led Astray” launched!

August 11, 2016by Tomasz Witkowski 3 Comments

I am really happy to inform you that my book “Psychology Led Astray: Cargo Cult in Science and Therapy” is already available at publishers web pages: http://www.brownwalker.com/book/1627346090 as well as at Amazon: […]

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“Psychology‬ Led Astray” reviewed by Science-Based Medicine

March 1, 2016by Tomasz Witkowski 2 Comments

On March 15, 2016 a review of my new unpublished book “Psychology Led Astray: Cargo Cult in Science and Therapy” written by Harriet Hall was published at: Cargo Cult Psychology […]

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Prof. James E. Alcock about “Psychology Led Astray”

March 1, 2016by Tomasz Witkowski Leave a comment

Its my great pleasure to inform you that my new book have been highly evaluated by one of the most outstanding skeptics of the 20th Century – prof. James E. […]

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“Psychology Led Astray” – first review of my new book

February 19, 2016by Tomasz Witkowski Leave a comment

There is still not known the date of the publishing of my new book but I am happy to write that I’ve already got first review.  Prof. Elisabeth F. Loftus, […]

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Psychology Led Astray: Cargo Cult in Science and Therapy

February 9, 2016by Tomasz Witkowski 4 Comments

This is a title of my new book which was accepted for the publication by Brown Walker Press – American publisher specialized in non fiction. The book shows how scientific and psychotherapeutic […]

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About “Psychology Gone Wrong” in “The Skeptical Intelligencer”

October 7, 2015by Tomasz Witkowski Leave a comment

Prof. Michael Heap who is the Editor of Quarterly Magazine of the Association for Skeptical Inquiry Skeptical Intelligencer in Vol 18, 2015, Number 3, (Autumn) published his impressions entitled What’s wrong with Psychology? Among […]

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“Psychology‬ Gone Wrong” reviewed by Science-Based Medicine

April 1, 2015by Tomasz Witkowski Leave a comment

On March 31, 2015 a review of “Psychology Gone Wrong. The Dark Sides of Science and Therapy” written by Harriet Hall was published at: Psychology and Psychotherapy: How Much Is […]

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“Psychology Gone Wrong” launched!

February 8, 2015by Tomasz Witkowski 2 Comments

I am really happy to inform you that our book “Psychology Gone Wrong: The Dark Sides of Science and Therapy” is already available at publishers web pages: http://www.brownwalker.com/book/1627345280 as well as […]

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Believing in Stress Could be as Dangerous as Believing in Voodoo

December 19, 2014by Tomasz Witkowski 6 Comments

Photo by Danilo Rizzuti Stress is probably the most commonly used psychological term. We talk about stress in the working place, about managerial stress, school stress, we read about influence […]

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Prof. James E. Alcock about our forthcoming book

December 13, 2014by Tomasz Witkowski Leave a comment

Its our pleasure to inform that we have been highly evaluated by one of the most outstanding skeptics of the 20th Century – prof. James E. Alcock who wrote a […]

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How to Market Psychotherapy?

December 7, 2014by Tomasz Witkowski Leave a comment

The World Health Organization estimated that today over 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression alone which is about 5% of the global population. At its worst, depression can lead […]

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Prof. Susan Blackmore about “Psychology Gone Wrong. The Dark Sides of Science and Therapy”

November 7, 2014by Tomasz Witkowski Leave a comment

We have the honor to get an opinion about our book from one of the  30 most influential psychologists working today – prof. Susane Blackmore. She wrote: Are you convinced […]

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First reviews of our book

August 14, 2014by Tomasz Witkowski 2 Comments

I am happy to announce that it has been already fixed the date of the publishing of our book. It will be launched in January 2015 by Brown Walker Press – American publisher […]

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Are Social Sciences Cargo Cult Science?

June 4, 2014by Tomasz Witkowski Leave a comment

What is cargo cult science? What is wrong with the DSM 5? How common is fabricating data in psychology? What are differences between hot science and cold science? What is […]

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My lecture at 6th World Skeptics Congress in Berlin, 2012

June 16, 2012by Tomasz Witkowski Leave a comment

Pseudoscience in teaching of psychology. The most dangerous myths, frauds and urban legends. Psychology is full of excellent discoveries but also dangerous myths, frauds and urban legends. Many of the latter […]

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