Follow Jonathan Murphy, PMHNP, Creative Officer of Compass Point Institute, as he documents the real-time development of groundbreaking clinical frameworks. This isn't your typical mental health newsletter—it's an intellectual laboratory where cutting-edge psychiatric theory meets clinical practice.
Jonathan brings a unique creative approach to clinical work, developing novel theoretical models that challenge conventional psychiatric practice. His clinical insights emerge from active PMHNP practice, where he tests and refines approaches that address the gaps he sees in traditional treatment modalities. Each post offers a window into how innovative clinical thinking actually develops—messy, iterative, and deeply informed by both research and lived clinical experience.
This work is happening within Compass Point Institute, a collaborative venture with fellow PMHNP and business innovator James Kennedy. Together, they're building an institution designed to transform clinical education and practice. The theoretical frameworks being developed here will eventually shape our CEU offerings and professional training programs, giving subscribers early access to what will become formalized clinical education.
At the center of this work is Developmental Reinforcement Theory (DRT)—an emerging framework that maps nervous system adaptation patterns through two proposed modalities currently under development. While the full clinical applications are still being refined, subscribers get to follow the theoretical evolution that's reshaping how we understand trauma response, neurodivergence, and therapeutic intervention.
Why subscribe?
You're getting insider access to institutional-grade clinical innovation before it reaches formal publication. This is where breakthrough psychiatric theory is actually made—through the careful documentation of clinical observation, theoretical refinement, and collaborative professional development.
Come for the cutting-edge clinical theory. Stay for an understanding of psychology of human behavior that actually makes sense, and you won't get anywhere else.
