We've gathered Psychotherapy Networkers most popular posts and arranged them here by topic.
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Getting Unstuck
Jordan Dann
According to psychoanalysis, we all carry an imago—an image of our parents inside of us. But what do you do when the negative, traumatic, or unconscious aspects of that image end up directing your behavior?
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Finding Compersion
Tammy Nelson
Many people assume that an open relationship will cause jealousy in both partners. Historically, it has been assumed that pair-bonded individuals who are attached in a “healthy” way are sexually exclusive, and that exclusivity is an indicator of the success of their romantic pairing. Therefore, jealousy should be a hallmark of a successful relationship. Instead, research has found that some pair-bonded partners experience positive feelings instead of jealousy when they open their relationship
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The Invisible Pandemic
Judith Markey
What can we do in the face of our current crisis? There are no clear answers or easy fixes. As providers, we must endeavor to do what we teach our patients: in an out-of-control situation that we cannot change, we can only control how we respond to our own fear and trauma, and, for us therapists, that also means the secondary trauma we experience as a result of our work.
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Therapists on the Fight over Social Emotional Learning in Schools
Lauren Dockett
Social-emotional learning isn’t entirely new, but as more districts emphasize the curricula in the wake of COVID, confusion from parents appears to be on the rise. And in some communities, parents are doing much more than weighing this new reality: they’re staging entire revolts.
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Take a Break, or Keep Going?
Psychotherapy Networker
What practical guidance can you offer a therapist whose personal grief is so deep that she's finding it hard to stay present for clients? Six clinicians weigh in.
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Helping an Adult Child Heal
Psychotherapy Networker
A client who’s been estranged from his mother for 15 years recently told his therapist he wants to reconnect with her. The therapist isn't sure how to support him, since there's a history of abuse there. Here, five therapists weigh in.
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An Interview with Dr. Shefali
Ryan Howes
The clinician and bestselling author discusses her new book and what it means to "alchemize" pain.
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When the Problem You Treat Becomes Your Problem Too
Psychotherapy Networker
A couples therapist is going through an emotionally wrenching separation from their partner and finding it hard to treat clients. Five clinicians offer advice.
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An Interview with Imago Relationship Therapy Pioneer Harville Hendrix
Zachary Taylor
Hendrix and Helen Hunt's new book, out this spring, lays out how clinicians can use Imago to help couples focus on what the authors call the space-between—clients’ unmet needs from childhood and their unfulfilled yearnings within their marriage.
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When "I'm Sorry" is Just the First Step
Harriet Lerner
Certain apologies are so courageous that the very word apology seems too glib. Letty’s story is one that falls on the heroic end of the apology spectrum. I believe it was the most stunning apology process I have ever witnessed.
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