
First Person
Creative personal essays on life and familyVulnerable Together
Therapists Share Their Own Mental Health StrugglesDespite our best intentions, sometimes our problems grow so big that they slam into our work—and the result can be surprising. Read more
Borrowed Tears
A Therapist Reclaims His Buried Past—and Upends His PracticeWhen a therapist finally confronts his tendency to dissociate, his work takes a life-changing turn. Read more
When Therapists Struggle with Suicidality
Releasing Ourselves from Stigma and ShameMany therapists wrestle with the same problems we help our clients tame. But the myth that therapists are masters of their own mental health makes it... Read more
Something Close to Warmth
A Daughter's Search for MeaningFinding solace after the death of an absent father. Read more
Dispatches from the Yellow Brick Road
A Journey Through Delusion and BackA terrifying journey shows just how much psychotic delusions are embedded in the unquestioned essence of a person’s thinking—as true as ocean, ground, and... Read more
Editor's Note: July/August 2021
The Necessity of IllusionsWhat functions do illusions serve for our clients? Some may be harmful, but there might be occasions when the benefits of self-deception justify the costs. Read more
Relearning Parenthood
When Children Reach Adulthood, What Then?When our kids no longer need us to be problem solvers, what do we become? Read more
Loving Ourselves Into Safety
Resilience and Strength in Perilous TimesA cancer diagnosis, while devastating, can be a powerful teacher. Through the fear and anxiety, we can discover how to reliably calm ourselves and ask for... Read more
Editor's Note - May/June 2021
Taking Therapy to New PlacesWhat are therapists doing to expand access to those too often shut out of the mental health system? Read more
“Everything Mike Touches Turns to Fun”
A Paean for Psychotherapy Networker’s Epic SweetheartFunny and flagrantly caring in a way the muttering writers and editors around him can only marvel at, Mike’s long been the company’s warmest heart, always... Read more
Editor's Note: March/April 2021
Celebrating Rich SimonRich Simon's enduring impact on our field are what we’re celebrating in this issue—and there’s so much to celebrate it could easily fill a bookcase of... Read more
On the Death of My Friend
A Reflection on Bipolar Disorder and SuicideHelping our community understand the suicide of one of modern psychotherapy’s most cherished public figures. Read more
Covering Psychotherapy
The Evolution of a Life's WorkEvery decade, on the anniversary of the Networker, Rich reflected on the trends and trajectories he’d witnessed in the field. This piece tells the story, in... Read more
The Great Appreciator
Just One of the Many Rich SimonsSometimes the act of describing something vague or giving it a name dispels the vagueness and makes it come alive. “Naming something” was probably Rich’s... Read more
A Voyage Through Our Craft
Editor’s Notes and Symposium Intros from over the YearsIn his Editor’s Notes and Symposium speeches, Rich always told a story, one that drew from his own life while capturing a collective momentum in the field... Read more
Celebrating the Creative Journey
A Writer's RemembranceEven for seasoned writers, being edited by Rich wasn't an easy process, but it led them to the murky, half-buried thing waiting below the surface—the thing... Read more
A Legacy of Living with Courage
Discovering the Watchful HeartThe legacies of extraordinary people we’ve lost invite us to embrace the examples they’ve left behind. But how exactly do we do it? Read more
The Grief We Hold
Loving in the Midst of LossOur soul and our psyche know how to grieve. We don't need to learn it. It's not a technique. What we need to learn is not to avoid it. Read more
Reflections on Rich
Friends Celebrate His Life and LegacySharing how Rich Simon impacted our lives—and the field as a whole. Read more
Editor's Note: January/February 2021
Creating Lifelines for Today’s KidsThis issue explores how our current pandemic reality is affecting kids and their caregivers. Read more
Rhythm Guitar
Stepping Out of a Big Brother's ShadowFinding harmony in a difficult sibling relationship. Read more
On the Death of My Friend Rich Simon
A Reflection on Bipolar Disorder and SuicideDan Siegel, author and cofounder of the Mindsight Institute, was a close friend of Networker editor Rich Simon for over two decades. Rich's family has asked... Read more
The Outcast
A Hard Road to an Unexpected ConnectionHow do you work with a client who intentionally tries to break every rule of therapy, spoken and implicit? Read more
The Unbearable Heaviness of Being
Learning to Celebrate a New ShapeRefusing to be defined by others can sometimes require an unexpected catalyst. Read more
The overwhelming shift to teletherapy this year represents the first wave of a sea change in the field of therapy—nothing less. We’ll need to marshal all... Read more
CoronaGifts
How Teletherapy Changed My Life and My PracticeThe pandemic has showed us just how much our clients need us—and how much we need to tend to ourselves. For some therapists, this has meant reimagining their... Read more
Selfcarefully
Self-Care Shifts toward AuthenticityIn my years of working with myself and my clients around self-care, I’ve learned that there is no such thing as perfect self-care. Instead, I’ve found... Read more
The Wonder of Mom’s World
Discovering Egypt over a Cup of TeaThe ordinary moments of life reveal the true wonders of a mother–daughter relationship. Read more
Lost and Found
Scenes from a MiscarriageThe story of a miscarriage is often about crushed hope, but it can also bring unexpected possibility. Read more