First Person

Nine successful therapists reveal their most unconventional steps to branding themselves as mental health influencers. Read more

The founder of Brown Girl Therapy shares her countercultural secret to building an online community. Read more

Bestselling author and podcaster shows you how less can be more in branding. Read more

A renowned therapist, author and influencer challenges the popular wisdom behind branding yourself as a therapist. Read more

After landing a Masterclass series, a renowned relationship expert shares her hard-won formula for discerning what projects to accept and which to turn down. Read more

When a therapist's husband becomes a life coach, the push-pull widely felt in our field between similar professions gets personal. Read more

The Millennial therapist who took social media by storm shares what sets her apart from other influencers. Read more

In the wake of a chronic illness, a body image advocate challenges toxic narratives about what it means to have a healthy body. Read more

A mother’s lonely quest to help her undiagnosed Autistic child leads her on a wild goose chase for solutions. Read more

Therapists tend to assume all their clients can visualize safe places and past experiences. But some can’t! Read more

Many therapists believe their intense care and concern for clients is a form of selfless love. Maybe it’s time to rethink that. Read more

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