Professor William Sharp
@drwilliamsharp.bsky.social
Psychoanalyst and group psychotherapist
Professor of psychology, at Northeastern University & Supervising/Training Analyst-Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
Professor of psychology, at Northeastern University & Supervising/Training Analyst-Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
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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
September 30, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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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
September 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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
Torture statistics enough, and they’ll admit to anything-MT
Many times, we take statistics at face value. It was very interesting to see how publication biases can also affect the outcome of research. On that same note, statistically significant doesn’t mean it’s meaningful @drwilliamsharp.bsky.social #Psyc4666
September 30, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Torture statistics enough, and they’ll admit to anything-MT
Not 'just wrote', but caught the crux of the issue. Being moderate these days is really tough, but necessary.
Wrote about the Greenfield lesbian bar drama: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/24/o...
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September 25, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Not 'just wrote', but caught the crux of the issue. Being moderate these days is really tough, but necessary.
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?
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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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September 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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...
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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Interested in child development? Are you a parent? Are you thinking about being a parent? This looks like an amazing series coming up.
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September 4, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Interested in child development? Are you a parent? Are you thinking about being a parent? This looks like an amazing series coming up.
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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...
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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August 19, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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...
“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.”
August 16, 2026 at 10:14 AM
“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.”
“In the 196os, more than half of all American psychiatrists were psychoanalysts; today the percentage has dwindled to single figures…1/2
August 16, 2026 at 10:13 AM
“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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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!
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!
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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August 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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!
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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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: https://bit.ly/4wKVNDD
#COSConnects #Psychology
Northeastern researcher Charles Hillman found that greater aerobic fitness was linked to better inhibitory control in children. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/4wKVNDD
#COSConnects #Psychology
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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August 7, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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: https://bit.ly/4wKVNDD
#COSConnects #Psychology
Northeastern researcher Charles Hillman found that greater aerobic fitness was linked to better inhibitory control in children. 🧪
Read more: https://bit.ly/4wKVNDD
#COSConnects #Psychology
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.
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.
July 30, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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.
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.
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
July 30, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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
Throw back Thursday … on summer vacation so not posting as much, but here ya go!
July 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Throw back Thursday … on summer vacation so not posting as much, but here ya go!
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“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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”Suddenly he stepped out of the conscious into the unconscious, out of the everywhere into the nowhere, like some supreme explorer.
2/4
July 5, 2026 at 8:04 AM
“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
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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Boy, D.H. Lawrence has a way of putting into words how exciting it can be to read Freud!
July 5, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Boy, D.H. Lawrence has a way of putting into words how exciting it can be to read Freud!
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.”
***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.”
Psychoanalysing Half Man’s disturbing finale:
Understanding dreams and the collective unconscious can help us make sense of Richard Gadd’s superb second series
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/psyc...
Understanding dreams and the collective unconscious can help us make sense of Richard Gadd’s superb second series
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/psyc...
July 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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.”
***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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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.
NIGHT COURT with Judge @hodgman.bsky.social and Bailiff @jessethorn.bsky.social at @thecoolidge.bsky.social, an all-new LIVE show featuring comedy, music, mob justice, and guest @eugenemirman.bsky.social THIS Thursday 6/11!
Get Tickets Here before they sell out: coolidge.org/events/judge...
Get Tickets Here before they sell out: coolidge.org/events/judge...
June 10, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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.
Handsome at Any Cost www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/s...
Handsome at Any Cost
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May 22, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Handsome at Any Cost www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/s...
May 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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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May 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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...