What this is, and where the talks come from

How the talks are sourced

Each talk has three or four points. Where a point rests on research, it names its source, and every source below is a published paper or book with a link you can follow. The talks avoid brain claims that go beyond what the studies show. On 10 October 2026 these sessions, their care and safety wording and the talk notes were reviewed by an AI reviewer taking a clinician's role, and changed where it asked. No clinician has read them yet, so read the sources yourself before you lean on a point.

Sources, session by session

1. Our agreements
   • Edmondson, A. (1999). Psychological safety and learning behavior in work teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 44(2), 350 to 383. doi:10.2307/2666999
   • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2014). SAMHSA's Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach. HHS Publication No. (SMA) 14-4884. Rockville, MD: SAMHSA. Publisher page
2. Session 1: What the work is for
   • Ryff, C. D. (1989). Happiness is everything, or is it? Explorations on the meaning of psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57(6), 1069 to 1081. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.57.6.1069
   • Ryan, R. M., and Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55(1), 68 to 78. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.55.1.68
3. Session 2: Looking back with care
   • Trapnell, P. D., and Campbell, J. D. (1999). Private self-consciousness and the five-factor model of personality: Distinguishing rumination from reflection. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76(2), 284 to 304. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.76.2.284
   • Watkins, E. R. (2008). Constructive and unconstructive repetitive thought. Psychological Bulletin, 134(2), 163 to 206. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.134.2.163
4. Session 3: The first story
   • Gross, J. J. (1998). The emerging field of emotion regulation: An integrative review. Review of General Psychology, 2(3), 271 to 299. doi:10.1037/1089-2680.2.3.271
   • Gross, J. J., and John, O. P. (2003). Individual differences in two emotion regulation processes: Implications for affect, relationships, and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85(2), 348 to 362. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.85.2.348
5. Session 4: Hearing someone out
   • Itzchakov, G., Kluger, A. N., and Castro, D. R. (2017). I am aware of my inconsistencies but can tolerate them: The effect of high quality listening on speakers' attitude ambivalence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(1), 105 to 120. doi:10.1177/0146167216675339
   • Broockman, D., and Kalla, J. (2016). Durably reducing transphobia: A field experiment on door-to-door canvassing. Science, 352(6282), 220 to 224. doi:10.1126/science.aad9713
6. Session 5: Beneath the first answer
   • Ross, L. (1977). The intuitive psychologist and his shortcomings: Distortions in the attribution process. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 10, 173 to 220. doi:10.1016/S0065-2601(08)60357-3
   • Huang, K., Yeomans, M., Brooks, A. W., Minson, J., and Gino, F. (2017). It doesn't hurt to ask: Question-asking increases liking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113(3), 430 to 452. doi:10.1037/pspi0000097
7. Session 6: Room for every voice
   • Woolley, A. W., Chabris, C. F., Pentland, A., Hashmi, N., and Malone, T. W. (2010). Evidence for a collective intelligence factor in the performance of human groups. Science, 330(6004), 686 to 688. doi:10.1126/science.1193147
   • Edmondson, A. (1999). Psychological safety and learning behavior in work teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 44(2), 350 to 383. doi:10.2307/2666999
8. Session 7: Staying with a hard moment
   • Linehan, M. M. (2015). DBT Skills Training Manual (2nd edition). New York: Guilford Press. Publisher page
   • Verduyn, P., and Lavrijsen, S. (2015). Which emotions last longest and why: The role of event importance and rumination. Motivation and Emotion, 39(1), 119 to 127. doi:10.1007/s11031-014-9445-y
9. Session 8: A steadier next step
   • Gollwitzer, P. M. (1999). Implementation intentions: Strong effects of simple plans. American Psychologist, 54(7), 493 to 503. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.54.7.493
   • Maslach, C., and Leiter, M. P. (2016). Understanding the burnout experience: Recent research and its implications for psychiatry. World Psychiatry, 15(2), 103 to 111. doi:10.1002/wps.20311
10. Looking back together
    • Kolb, D. A. (1984). Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN 9780132952613
    • Chen, C. W., and Gorski, P. C. (2015). Burnout in social justice and human rights activists: Symptoms, causes and implications. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 7(3), 366 to 390. doi:10.1093/jhuman/huv011