Contributed by Mark O'Connell
Top 6 Books Therapists Recommend to Clients
From Self-Help to Graphic NovelsTherapists share the books they've been recommending to clients for inspiration, entertainment, and healing between sessions. Read more
Boys Holding Hands
How Are We Policing the Beauty of Male Intimacy?In "Close," director Lukas Dhont illustrates what can happen when society squashes the beautiful, empathic relationships that come naturally to boys. Read more
Permission to Speak
A Conversation with Samara BayPsychotherapy Networker chats with author Samara Bay about her new book and how we can embody our true voices in the therapy room. Read more
The Radical Act of Embodying Your Voice
How to Take Space and Make SpaceA new book from a renowned speech coach invites us to reflect on how we embody our true voices in our lives—and in the therapy room. Read more
“Be Yourself—But Don’t”
Mixed Messages from a Mother to Her Gay SonWhat happens when loving mothers of gay sons unknowingly send them mixed messages about being themselves? Read more
Should Therapists Go Back to an Office?
Deepening Our Work “Off Stage”Seeing clients through the COVID-19 crisis has shown us not only that psychotherapy can be effective outside the traditional frame—complete with an office... Read more
The Audition
From Our Symposium Storytelling EventWhat do you do when you're wrong for the part? Read more
Character Work
What Therapists Can Learn from ActorsTherapists can flop in their “performance” with clients, coming off as inauthentic or over the top. One former actor discovers how to embody the kind of... Read more
Mark O'Connell
Mark O’Connell, LCSW-R, MFA, is a psychotherapist and author in New York City. He teaches workshops based on his book The Performing Art of Therapy: Acting Insights and Techniques for Clinicians, and writes for Psychology Today and The Huffington Post, as well as clinical journals.