Chris Hoff
@drchrishoff.bsky.social
Liminal Space Tour Guide
Host of @theradicaltherapist Podcast & Youtube channel.
Dharma Teacher @emptymoonzen
Curator of Ideas
Host of @theradicaltherapist Podcast & Youtube channel.
Dharma Teacher @emptymoonzen
Curator of Ideas
What if one of the most radical skills in therapy isn’t about having answers, but about dwelling in uncertainty?
In this video, I explore the concept of negative capability, first introduced by poet John Keats in 1817, and how it can transform your therapeutic practice.
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In this video, I explore the concept of negative capability, first introduced by poet John Keats in 1817, and how it can transform your therapeutic practice.
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The Power of Not Knowing: Why Negative Capability is Your Secret Therapeutic Superpower
YouTube video by Dr. Chris Hoff
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August 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
What if one of the most radical skills in therapy isn’t about having answers, but about dwelling in uncertainty?
In this video, I explore the concept of negative capability, first introduced by poet John Keats in 1817, and how it can transform your therapeutic practice.
youtu.be/aggkKu9-oUs
In this video, I explore the concept of negative capability, first introduced by poet John Keats in 1817, and how it can transform your therapeutic practice.
youtu.be/aggkKu9-oUs
What if the future isn't something that happens TO you, but something you can actively co-author?
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Change Your Future: How to Co-Author the Story That Wants to Emerge
YouTube video by Dr. Chris Hoff
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July 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What if the future isn't something that happens TO you, but something you can actively co-author?
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The Threshold: How to Navigate the Space Between Stories"
Feeling stuck in the in-between? That uncomfortable space where your old story has ended but your new one hasn't begun yet?
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Feeling stuck in the in-between? That uncomfortable space where your old story has ended but your new one hasn't begun yet?
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The Threshold: How to Navigate the Space Between Stories
YouTube video by Dr. Chris Hoff
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July 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Threshold: How to Navigate the Space Between Stories"
Feeling stuck in the in-between? That uncomfortable space where your old story has ended but your new one hasn't begun yet?
youtu.be/z89gf28SP0Q
Feeling stuck in the in-between? That uncomfortable space where your old story has ended but your new one hasn't begun yet?
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what if digging deeper into your past is actually keeping you stuck?
In this first video of a series, I explore the seductive pull of the past, including nostalgia, causal thinking, and the belief that understanding your history will automatically set you free.
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In this first video of a series, I explore the seductive pull of the past, including nostalgia, causal thinking, and the belief that understanding your history will automatically set you free.
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The Pull from the Past: Why Your Story Keeps Looking Backward
YouTube video by Dr. Chris Hoff
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July 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
what if digging deeper into your past is actually keeping you stuck?
In this first video of a series, I explore the seductive pull of the past, including nostalgia, causal thinking, and the belief that understanding your history will automatically set you free.
youtu.be/Q8H-OEmtB2E
In this first video of a series, I explore the seductive pull of the past, including nostalgia, causal thinking, and the belief that understanding your history will automatically set you free.
youtu.be/Q8H-OEmtB2E
“People settle for a level of despair they can tolerate and call it happiness.” — Søren Kierkegaard
In this episode of The Radical Therapist, we explore what happens when we mistake numbness for contentment and how narrative therapy can help us reimagine the story we’re living.
youtu.be/w0rY53gBmcs
In this episode of The Radical Therapist, we explore what happens when we mistake numbness for contentment and how narrative therapy can help us reimagine the story we’re living.
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Kierkegaard, Narrative Therapy & the Adjacent Possible
YouTube video by Dr. Chris Hoff
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July 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“People settle for a level of despair they can tolerate and call it happiness.” — Søren Kierkegaard
In this episode of The Radical Therapist, we explore what happens when we mistake numbness for contentment and how narrative therapy can help us reimagine the story we’re living.
youtu.be/w0rY53gBmcs
In this episode of The Radical Therapist, we explore what happens when we mistake numbness for contentment and how narrative therapy can help us reimagine the story we’re living.
youtu.be/w0rY53gBmcs
Academic publishing is broken. In this video, I unpack the gatekeeping, paywalls, and prestige games that dominate the world of scholarly publishing and share my journey from punk zines to a PhD to coming full circle with radical art book publishing.
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Subverting Academic Publishing: Zines, Art Books, and Beyond
YouTube video by Dr. Chris Hoff
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May 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Academic publishing is broken. In this video, I unpack the gatekeeping, paywalls, and prestige games that dominate the world of scholarly publishing and share my journey from punk zines to a PhD to coming full circle with radical art book publishing.
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youtu.be/9bOYrodlC44
Why We Don’t Treatment Plan in Narrative Therapy (And What We Do Instead)
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Why We Don’t Treatment Plan in Narrative Therapy (And What We Do Instead)
YouTube video by Dr. Chris Hoff
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April 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Why We Don’t Treatment Plan in Narrative Therapy (And What We Do Instead)
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Beyond Community: The Case for Coalitional Thinking in Therapy and Social Life
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Beyond Community: The Case for Coalitional Thinking in Therapy and Social Life
YouTube video by Dr. Chris Hoff
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April 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Beyond Community: The Case for Coalitional Thinking in Therapy and Social Life
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Therapy Rocks! | Anti-Intellectualism
The War on Thought
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April 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"the very idea of community can function as a political fantasy not unlike the conservative trope of “family values.” In both cases, what’s being invoked is not the messiness of real relationships but a kind of imagined coherence. A purity.
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Beyond Community
The Case for Coalitional Thinking in Therapy and Social Life
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April 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"the very idea of community can function as a political fantasy not unlike the conservative trope of “family values.” In both cases, what’s being invoked is not the messiness of real relationships but a kind of imagined coherence. A purity.
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Reposted by Chris Hoff
can't normalize without normies. make your peace with this now
Building a mass movement (instead of a subculture) will require a lot of cringe, so get comfortable with it
April 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
can't normalize without normies. make your peace with this now
Nostalgia. Sentimentality. At first, they appear as comfort: a return to a familiar room, a voice we used to know, a time before the fracture. But I’ve come to see how they can operate like amber, preserving a version of ourselves that no longer breathes.
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Therapy Rocks! | Against Nostalgia
The Narrative Architecture of Sentimentality
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April 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Nostalgia. Sentimentality. At first, they appear as comfort: a return to a familiar room, a voice we used to know, a time before the fracture. But I’ve come to see how they can operate like amber, preserving a version of ourselves that no longer breathes.
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Today, male insecurity has become a political tool. Influencers and politicians alike are weaponizing masculinity, and it’s costing us all.
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How Patriarchy Still Hurts Men—and Why It Matters Now More Than Ever
YouTube video by Dr. Chris Hoff
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April 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Today, male insecurity has become a political tool. Influencers and politicians alike are weaponizing masculinity, and it’s costing us all.
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Holding the Line: The Politics and Ethics of Narrative Therapy in a Therapeutic Culture of Endless Certifications How do we stay rooted in narrative practice while navigating systems that feed on our insecurities and push endless credentials?
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Holding the Line in Narrative Therapy: Ethics, Politics, and Community
YouTube video by Dr. Chris Hoff
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March 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Holding the Line: The Politics and Ethics of Narrative Therapy in a Therapeutic Culture of Endless Certifications How do we stay rooted in narrative practice while navigating systems that feed on our insecurities and push endless credentials?
youtu.be/okQMt9xpJFU
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What does it mean when AI can simulate not just information but presence? And what does this mean for narrative therapy, a practice so deeply rooted in voice, authorship, and relational meaning-making?
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Therapy Rocks! | Michael White AI
AI, Narrative Therapy, and the Crisis of the Imagined Voice
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March 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
What does it mean when AI can simulate not just information but presence? And what does this mean for narrative therapy, a practice so deeply rooted in voice, authorship, and relational meaning-making?
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‘RARE COMEDY’ – A PODCAST FOR RARE DISEASE DAY 2025
With @Jamie MacDonald,
@Yvonne Hughes and @Jibreel Arshad
‘RARE COMEDY’ – A PODCAST FOR RARE DISEASE DAY 2025
With @Jamie MacDonald,
@Yvonne Hughes and @Jibreel Arshad
February 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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‘RARE COMEDY’ – A PODCAST FOR RARE DISEASE DAY 2025
With @Jamie MacDonald,
@Yvonne Hughes and @Jibreel Arshad
‘RARE COMEDY’ – A PODCAST FOR RARE DISEASE DAY 2025
With @Jamie MacDonald,
@Yvonne Hughes and @Jibreel Arshad
🔹 Therapist = Artist? 🔹
What if the struggles of contemporary artists mirror those of therapists? Here I explore how the Anonymous Creative Futures Report reveals deep parallels between the precarity of creative work and the dilemmas facing modern therapy.
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What if the struggles of contemporary artists mirror those of therapists? Here I explore how the Anonymous Creative Futures Report reveals deep parallels between the precarity of creative work and the dilemmas facing modern therapy.
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Therapist = Artist
The Shared Precarity of Creativity and Care
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February 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🔹 Therapist = Artist? 🔹
What if the struggles of contemporary artists mirror those of therapists? Here I explore how the Anonymous Creative Futures Report reveals deep parallels between the precarity of creative work and the dilemmas facing modern therapy.
open.substack.com/pub/chrishof...
What if the struggles of contemporary artists mirror those of therapists? Here I explore how the Anonymous Creative Futures Report reveals deep parallels between the precarity of creative work and the dilemmas facing modern therapy.
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"So how do we tangle with hope? An important question in contemporary times."
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Abandon Hope?
A talk given at the Empty Moon Zen Sangha on 1-18-25
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January 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"So how do we tangle with hope? An important question in contemporary times."
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chrishoff.substack.com/p/abandon-hope
Welcome to Therapy Sucks Rocks a bi-monthly round-up of things I have found interesting in therapy world and beyond with some opinions attached. I will be doing this along with my regular posts on various topics. Let's get going..
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Therapy Rocks! | The Anti-Social Moment
Your grip on reality is slipping. Really.
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January 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Welcome to Therapy Sucks Rocks a bi-monthly round-up of things I have found interesting in therapy world and beyond with some opinions attached. I will be doing this along with my regular posts on various topics. Let's get going..
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open.substack.com/pub/chrishof...
Welcome to the first Therapy Sucks! of 2025. You might have noticed that this is actually titled Therapy Rocks! Which leads me right into my 2025 predictions.
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Therapy Rocks! | 2025 Therapy Predictions
And the Body Doesn't Keep the Score..
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January 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Welcome to the first Therapy Sucks! of 2025. You might have noticed that this is actually titled Therapy Rocks! Which leads me right into my 2025 predictions.
chrishoff.substack.com/p/therapy-ro...
chrishoff.substack.com/p/therapy-ro...
Welcome to the first Therapy Sucks! of 2025. You might have noticed that this is actually titled Therapy Rocks! Which leads me right into my 2025 predictions.
chrishoff.substack.com/p/therapy-ro...
chrishoff.substack.com/p/therapy-ro...
Therapy Rocks! | 2025 Therapy Predictions
And the Body Doesn't Keep the Score..
chrishoff.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Welcome to the first Therapy Sucks! of 2025. You might have noticed that this is actually titled Therapy Rocks! Which leads me right into my 2025 predictions.
chrishoff.substack.com/p/therapy-ro...
chrishoff.substack.com/p/therapy-ro...
Not to be reactionary but on the backside of this election in the U.S. I am reflecting on the language we use in our activist and academic spaces and wondering how it supports coalition building or continues to fragment.
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From Experience-Distant to Experience-Near: Reclaiming Language for Transformative Change
Neoliberalism, Decolonization, Capitalism, Oh My
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November 21, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Not to be reactionary but on the backside of this election in the U.S. I am reflecting on the language we use in our activist and academic spaces and wondering how it supports coalition building or continues to fragment.
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