First Person

How do we change our habit of defensive listening and make emotional presence our practice? Read more

A teenage boy being bullied at school experiences a life-saving version of manhood with a patient, quiet therapist. Read more

When cancer recurs, there's no easy way to cope with the sense of loss that accompanies a growing awareness of mortality. Read more

What do therapy and comedy have in common? Therapist and comedian David Granirer has spent over two decades helping aspiring stand-up comics—many in... Read more

A bicultural daughter of immigrants struggles to make sense of her identity as she mourns a grandmother she barely knew. Read more

In 'Wiser Than Me,' Julia Louis-Dreyfus's podcast, accomplished older women generate a free-floating sense of shared sisterhood—like an all-girls slumber... Read more

The arrival of children in a coercively controlling relationship adds a complicated abuse accelerant. Read more

His generation of kids almost had to be gender- and sexuality-questioning to be cool, right? Maybe he was just mirroring what was happening around him. Read more

A personal experience of excruciating loss becomes a hard lesson in the neuroscience of grief. Read more

Maybe it’s time for therapists and planetary scientists to hang out more. Read more

In the face of environmental anguish, a therapy icon turns to grassroots activism and finds hope, healing, and connection. Read more

The mindful practice of birding can help us find balance in challenging times. Read more

For one trauma therapist, parenting turned out to be the ultimate trial by fire—and a path to healing and wholeness. Read more

Rather than a deficiency, “mommy brain” is an asset—and therapists can help their clients embrace it in the workplace. Read more

When the world-renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing begins feeling persistent disturbing sensations come up from childhood, he realizes it’s time to... Read more

More and more people are ingesting small amounts of psilocybin on a daily basis in the hope of curing everything from mild irritability to major depression... Read more

A botched foray into polyamory leaves a woman feeling more singularly herself. Read more

Welcome to the new world of psychedelic-assisted healing. It’s no longer a fringe therapy. It’s happening all around us. Read more

Therapists can help disfigured clients build the necessary skills to navigate the documented reality that they’re often avoided, judged, and asked invasive... Read more

How far is friendship from the special type of closeness we call the therapeutic relationship? Read more

Grown men don’t say things like “I’ve got nobody to play with.” Or do they? A journalist explores what therapists are seeing across the country: the... Read more

A therapist reflects on her cancer journey and what her diagnosis meant for not only the rest of her life but also her mental health. Read more

"There’s an unfamiliar pressure around my brain that’s been building since Hamas’s attack last month. My worry isn’t just for my family, it’s for... Read more

A new approach embraces the somatic wisdom and indigenous knowledge of BIPOC clients. Read more

When a journalist and rock climber decides to become a therapist, he embarks on a new understanding of himself. Read more

An anxious mom steps out of her fortress of solitude and onto the martial-arts mat. Read more

What is a death café? And why do so many people find them therapeutic? Read more

Many beginning therapists are burning out and leaving the field before they’re able to gain their professional footing. How can we support them better? Read more

There’s a big, hairy problem shadowing our field: what, exactly, is a mental disorder? Is using diagnostic language helping or hurting our clients? The way... Read more

Getting old is often a surprise, even when we’ve spent decades trying to get comfortable with the vicissitudes of aging. Read more