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Grant Brenner

New York
As seen in: Apple Podcasts, Medium, The Startup, Psychology Today, Fast Company, YourTango, MindBodyGreen, Routledge, Thrive Global, Motherly and
Covers:  psychiatry, psychology, relationships, trauma, mental health, organizational psychology, health and wellness, therapy, personal development, identity, personality, psychoanalysis
Doesn't Cover: Reproductive psychiatry, severe and persistent mental illness
Psychiatrist & Psychoanalyst | Educational Leader, Creator, & Consultant | TMS Specialist | Author & Speaker (≠ Med Adv+Views Expressed My Own)

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Grant Brenner’s Biography

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Grant Hilary Brenner, MD, FAPA is a psychiatrist and an expert on mental health, relationships, and self-care and wellness who has been featured on CBS Radio, NPR, and more. Dr. Brenner brings nearly two decades of consultation, workshops, speaking engagements, therapy, and coaching to his clients, who range from individuals seeking to overcome emotional obstacles and build resilience to executives seeking to optimize their performance in the workplace.

He writes Psychology Today’s popular “Ex…

Grant Brenner’s Journalist Portfolio

Impact of COVID-19 on Relationship Conflict and Sexuality

Impact of COVID-19 on Relationship Conflict and Sexuality

COVID-19 has resulted in widespread quarantine orders in much of the world. We are social animals, and stayin…

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Personality Profiles of Drivers Who Get Distracted by Their Phones

Personality Profiles of Drivers Who Get Distracted by Their Phones

It is abundantly clear that using a smartphone while driving is dangerous. When you call, text, check your fa…

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Just Friends... Or Whatever

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By Mark B. Borg, Grant Brenner, Daniel Berry
| Psychology Today Verified
Friendship after divorce isn't forced but chosen and can take various forms. True progress can look like sharing thoughts without conflict. The ultimate freedom is choosing what relationship comes next after divorce. Whatever happened to Vicky and Glen, our irrelationship protagonists from the early days? We don’t know. They are, technically, fictional—composite characters we’ve been writing about since 2014, the patient-zero couple in our work on irrelationship. Their marriage ended.
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Could a “Guardian AI” Provide Containment for Emerging Superintelligent AIs?

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By Grant Brenner
| Medium
What follows draws on clinical, psychoanalytic, neuroscientific, computational, and complexity perspectives to read what is happening across scales — from individual AI systems to civilizational dynamics. The underlying premise: development is scale-invariant. What applies to the developing mind applies, with appropriate translation, to developing organizations, technologies, and the emerging relationship between humans and AI.
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AI: Between the Noise and What Comes Next

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By Grant Brenner
| Medium
AI: Between the Noise and What Comes Next What happens when you design memory and emotion for a mind that doesn’t think like ours Press enter or click to view image in full size Most AI-generated content feels like what it is: optimized output, engineered for engagement, designed to simulate insight without the uncomfortable work of actually having any.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I grew up using typewriters. They're great, though I write on a computer now I love the mechanical feel.

How is social media changing news?

Social media is, in a way, becoming the news. This has positive and negative aspects.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Being a journalist means to write about real and important things to provide benefit by sharing useful and accurate information and stories.