Contributed by Mark O'Connell

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Open Book August 21, 2024

Top 6 Books Therapists Recommend to Clients

From Self-Help to Graphic Novels

There are so many ways clients can engage in healing work between sessions—and reading great books is one of them. We asked several therapists what book they... Read more

Open Book June 28, 2024

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 Bay

Psychotherapy Networker chats with author Samara Bay about her new book and how we can embody our true voices in the therapy room. Read more

Open Book July 1, 2023

The Radical Act of Embodying Your Voice

How to Take Space and Make Space

A 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

Case Study March 22, 2022

“Be Yourself—But Don’t”

Mixed Messages from a Mother to Her Gay Son

What 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 Event

What do you do when you're wrong for the part? Read more

Character Work

What Therapists Can Learn from Actors

Therapists 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.