The covid-19 pandemic is causing almost everyone anxiety. But for therapy clients who were already anxious, it's making symptoms much worse. Therapist and... Read more

Here are some simple Sensorimotor Psychotherapy interventions that can help those who are feeling depressed and alone. Read more

In this highlight from the 2020 Networker Virtual Symposium, therapist and author Lori Gottlieb talks about maintaining our mental health amidst the... Read more

A recently divorced mother learns to confront a lifelong fear on her own. Read more

Sandra has been struggling with depression for many years. A psychiatrist has prescribed her an antidepressant, but she’s told her therapist she doesn’t... Read more

An anthropologist’s daughter, I came of age on Upolu, Samoa, living by a turquoise lagoon in an indigenous village and kinship group that formally adopted my... Read more

A troubled father casts a mysterious shadow over a little girl’s world. Read more

Fourteen-year-old client Tyler’s parents brought him to therapy because they say he rarely engages with classmates or teachers, isn’t interested in... Read more

Lynn Lyons shares a moving, often hilarious, story about how her young client helped her become a stronger person and a better therapist. Read more

In the following interview, ecotherapist Patricia Hasbach explains how practitioners can address the rise in eco-anxiety and depression. Read more

My family is haunted by depression. My mother can trace it back in her family at least six generations. When it hits, it hits hard. My own battle with... Read more

Dire climate reports and grim environmental realities are generating a new kind of eco-anxiety. What can therapists do? Read more

Psychologist and speaker Michael Alcée says therapists need to pay more attention to the introverts in their practice, to help them manage their anxiety and... Read more

Most clinicians know that if a person has suffered one bout of serious depression, he or she is much more vulnerable to another one. But most therapists still... Read more

At its worst, depression extinguishes your inner pilot light, depriving you of the substrate that makes you feel real. Sufferers complain of living in a fog... Read more

A karaoke performance on a psych ward helps a mother and daughter find a way to reconnect. Read more

A karaoke performance on a psych ward helps a mother and daughter find a way to reconnect. Read more

It’s always cause for celebration when depressed clients nears the finish line of treatment, feeling energized, empowered, and more content with their life... Read more

Cloe Madanes uses the story of a client struggling to leave Los Angeles (and a toxic relationship) to examine the many faces of resistance in therapy. Read more

Anxiety disorders are a means of keeping the external world at bay. Anxiety keeps new ideas and information out of a person's awareness. It saves overloaded... Read more

In this video clip from his 2015 Networker Symposium Keynote address, "Healing and Hope in the Human Age," psychiatrist and bestselling author Dan Siegel... Read more

Lynn Lyons shares how vulnerability and genuine connection helped an anxious teen overcome social anxiety and reclaim his life. Read more

Michele Weiner-Davis's personal journey through depression reveals how love, hope, and human connection can be powerful medicine for healing. Read more

How can you keep on top of the proliferation of anxiety treatments today? Read more

What do we know as therapists that can guide us in moving forward in both our personal lives as well as our work with clients? Read more

It’s now clear that much of what therapists do for people suffering from OCD actually worsens the problem. Providing empathic reassurance, rational... Read more

An OCD sufferer describes the frustrating stops and starts and misdirections of her circuitous search for help in escaping the maze of her family of origin and... Read more

OCD in children can operate like a kind of cult leader, demanding acceptance of an extreme view of a perilous reality and offering solutions that can’t be... Read more

Through playful challenge and a $50 bet, Courtney Armstrong helps a fearful client cross emotional bridges and learns to take risks herself. Read more

The sensations of doom or dread or panic felt by anxiety sufferers are truly overwhelming. The very same sensations, in fact, that a person would feel if the... Read more