We've gathered Psychotherapy Networkers most popular posts and arranged them here by topic.
What Role Do Habits Play?
Rich Simon
Psychotherapy too often fails to help clients like myself make changes in their lives because of the blind spot at its core--it undervalues the central role our automatic habits play in our lives.
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State of the Art 2013 Isn’t Over Yet!
Rich Simon
Though psychotherapy is a relational field, it’s not uncommon for therapists to struggle with a sense of professional isolation. Faced with the difficulties of everyday practice, therapists can feel lost and alone when tackling challenges and unanswered questions about how to best meet their clients’ needs.
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Debunking the Myth of Instant Transformation
Steven Stosny
I began clinical practice some 25 years ago, firmly committed to what might be called Christmas Carol therapy. I secretly believed that change for every client was always a transformational session away.
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Experience the Ongoing Conversation of State of the Art 2013
Rich Simon
That’s what’s so revitalizing about the conversations that we have in tribe—through continuing education events and in communities of practice. Unlike everyday conversations, they are ongoing and communal in a way that layers key insights about the direction of our field.
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Ken Hardy on Trauma Treatment that Taps into the Hero that Resides in All Youth
Rich Simon
In the black-and-white popular view of trauma, people who have gone through life-threatening or injurious experiences either grow up to be innocent victims or damaged villains, with little room for the shades of gray therapists frequently encounter in their work.
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Identifying the Inquiries to Make
Douglas Flemons
I feel unprepared to make a proper suicide assessment with my clients. I’m nervous that I’ll neglect to ask, or the client won’t tell me, something vital to making the right clinical decision. Can you recommend an objective measure for reliably determining suicidality?
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Bringing Your Voice to the Exploration of Psychotherapy
Rich Simon
Nothing makes me feel punchier and more ill-informed than glancing at the accumulation of advertisements announcing trainings, new publications, practice trends, and research findings in my email inbox every day. But my job as editor of the Networker has given me the opportunity to regularly discover that keeping up is actually not so beyond my capabilities.
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Dan Siegel on Why the Mind, More Than the Brain, Matters in Therapy
Rich Simon
As the language of neuroscience sinks deeper into the public consciousness, the brain has become a scapegoat for explaining the mysterious behaviors, moods, and impulses that drive everyday life.
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How to Replace Pathology with Creativity
Lisa Mitchell
As both an art therapist and a marriage and family therapist, I believe that vulnerability, doubt, fear, and uncertainty—feelings most people try to avoid—are essential to getting unstuck in life and engaging in creative problem solving.
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Introducing the Psychotherapy Networker Daily
Rich Simon
There are more than 600,000 mental health practitioners around the country, but for the most part, we might all be hidden away in cloisters for the chances we get to directly connect and learn from each other.
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