The Larger Conversation

Networker discusses racially-sensitive, trauma-informed interventions and strategies with Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy. Read more

For therapists who shy away from confrontation, harnessing their reactions to an antagonistic client in clinically useful ways may require learning new skills... Read more

Therapists may feel overwhelmed by how little it seems they can do for clients suffering within large, oppressive systems. Read more

How did narcissist get to be such a buzzword in our culture? Read more

Watch this Networker Live event with "Girls on the Brink" author Donna Jackson Nakazawa. Read more

Putting yourself out there on the dating scene can be intimidating enough, but therapists have the additional challenge of managing professional and personal... Read more

Join Dr. James Gordon as he discusses how you can help people even before they are out of the storm. Read more

"Girls on the Brink" presents new knowledge on girls' higher risk for mental health problems—and suggests what parents can do about it. Read more

A psychotherapy icon grapples with the imminent death of his wife as she moves from palliative care to hospice care. Read more

Welcome to the start of 2023—and the end of good ol’ 2022. Or maybe not so good? However we may feel about it, it’s over and done. Read more

In this year-end review, the staff of Psychotherapy Networker shares the articles and interviews that most resonated with readers and authors in 2022. Read more

How remarried families can reexamine their roles. Read more

An Iranian-American therapist speaks to how the mix of grief, anger, and a new insistence on change in her former homeland, could be affecting clients. Read more

Networker sits down with the founder of Latinx Parenting Leslie Priscilla as she discusses key cultural and environmental factors that may influence your... Read more

Before we learn verbal language, we communicate through our bodies, making mothering a physical act of love. Read more

For trans folks, attuning to gender-pleasure allows them to resist harmful cultural scripts—but it can be a radical act of resistance for cis folks too. Read more

Pleasure-taking connects women to their bodies, roots them in the present, and fosters resilience. What could be blocking today's women from such a seemingly... Read more

Eve Rodsky is on a mission: to rebalance the "mental load" that many women still unfairly shoulder in domestic life, affecting their physical health... Read more

Recently, researchers have highlighted just how much of the emotional labor and mental load women in heterosexual households still carry. Read more

Psychologist Elizabeth Allured is helping therapists and their clients contend with anxieties about the world’s climate crisis. Read more

As young people move forward with new, more flexible frameworks for thinking about gender, it’s not always easy to bring parents along. Read more

Networker sits down with Eve Rodsky, author of Fair Play, to discuss the invisible work of domestic life. Read more

A therapist specializing in trauma treatment in the wake of human-made and natural disasters shares what she's seeing in her work with survivors of the war in... Read more

Before talking to your own clients about domestic and intimate partner violence, here are three myths you should know about. Read more

According to grief experts, does a new diagnosis in the DSM pathologize a critical component of the human experience? Read more

Author Karen Kleiman argues that postpartum distress is normal—and should be normalized more in our society. Read more

Wendy Durant helps clinicians support families after gun violence in their community. Read more

What does the diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder mean to clinicians and grieving individuals? Read more

In Hammerfest, Norway, known as the northernmost town in the world, a therapist is challenging geographical narcissism. Read more

Social-emotional learning isn’t entirely new, but as more districts emphasize the curricula in the wake of COVID, confusion from parents appears to be on the... Read more