We've gathered Psychotherapy Networkers most popular posts and arranged them here by topic.
How a Traumatic Memory Can Feed Anxiety
When Treating Some Forms of Anxiety, Reenacting a Traumatic Memory May Be the Key
The coherence that underlies panic and severe anxiety disorder has a neurobiologically distinct form: flashbacks of unresolved, unconscious traumatic memory.
Using Corrective Experiences in Attachment-Based Therapy
Diane Poole Heller on Bringing the Concrete to the Abstract
One of the more unique challenges of working with clients who have attachment-based issues is the lack on concrete goals in their treatment.
What Type of Depression is It?
Margaret Wehrenberg on Working with Low-Energy Depressed Clients
The techniques you might employ to help a quiet avoider client dealing with depression won't work with a panicky depressive client, so identifying the type of depression you're working with is imperative.
Practicing Meditation Against All Odds
Zindel Segal on the Three-Minute Breathing Space
When thinking about the mindfulness practice of meditation, we usually imagine the ideal situation: a quiet place, ample time to ruminate (anywhere from 40 minutes to several days), and no distractions to disturb the meditation process. Unfortunately, this ideal is rarely a realistic option for most people.
Case Study: When Couples Therapy Causes Emotional Pain
Coming to Terms with Inflicting Emotional Pain in Order to Provide Good Couples Therapy
We don’t become therapists to inflict emotional pain, but eventually we learn that sadness, anger, shock, and disillusionment can be part and parcel of therapy with couples in serious trouble. Good couples therapy sometimes hurts.
Are Antidepressants the Answer?
Michael Yapko on the Safety and Effectiveness of Antidepressants
The role of antidepressants in treating depressed clients continues to be a hot debate topic among psychotherapists.
Does Your Depressed Client Even Want to Change?
David Burns on Using Paradoxical Agenda Setting
When a client seeks therapeutic help for depression, often the immediate response is to help them find what needs to change in their life to alleviate their depression. But what if the client isn't actively seeking change?
The Networker Symposium Experience
Don't Take Our Word for It: Ask Our Guests
It's easy for us at Psychotherapy Networker headquarters to tell you about all the wonders and benefits that await you at our annual Symposium. But the best—and most unbiased—endorsement for the Symposium can only come from our attendees.
