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You're Attracted to Your Client?!
5 Clinicians Offer Guidance on a Dreaded Ethical DilemmaIt can be embarrassing and a little scary when we find ourselves attracted to a client. What’s the best way to handle this surprisingly common clinical... Read more
6 Therapy Trends to Watch in 2026
Taking on the Burnout Epidemic, The Sex Recession, AI as a "Co-Therapist," and MoreHere are six hot takes on what’s in store for clinicians in 2026, from Matthias Barker, Linda Thai, Chinwé Williams, and more. Read more
Yung Pueblo Changes Our Minds
The Millennial Poet Laureate of RelationshipsPoet Yung Pueblo helps us inspire relational change in our clients and ourselves. Read more
Turning Your Session Notes into Meaningful Art
Poetry as a Portal to a New RelationshipPoetry has the power to move clients and therapists from cognition to resonance—and support rapid transformation. Read more
Dating in the Age of Algorithms
How Does Physical Chemistry Factor into Digital Dating?Billions of daily swipes on dating apps yield an average match rate of less than 2 percent. What does this say about the role of physical chemistry in love? Read more
The Orna Guralnik Effect
Uncovering the Mystery of a Reluctant StarThe reason people find Orna Guralnik so compelling isn’t the stylish clothes she wears, her trendy office décor, or fancy camera work. It’s something else... Read more
An Anxiety Expert's Take on "The Anxiety Club" Documentary
What Comedians in Therapy Can Teach UsAnxiety expert Lynn Lyons reacts to Wendy Lobel’s new documentary, “The Anxiety Club,” which explores the lives of several anxious stand-up comedians. Read more
How “Therapy Speak” Can Wreck Relationships
What Therapists Need to Know about Clinical Jargon Gone AwryMany clients misuse clinical terms to win arguments and avoid blame. How do we support them without invalidating them? Read more
The Case of the Lost Self
Two Takes on Reparenting an Inner ChildAEDP developer Diana Fosha and addictions specialist Claudia Black reveal how they’d work with a client with a trauma history struggling in a new... Read more
"Would You Swipe on Me?"
Dating Apps & Therapy in the Age of Digital IntimacyIf therapists can become culturally competent in the world of dating apps, exploring our clients’ profiles is an opportunity to deepen therapy. Read more
Dating Apps and the Intimacy Crisis
Editor's Note: January/February 2026No one knows better than therapists that intimacy is a fundamental human need. In this issue, we explore bold, new perspectives on the current "intimacy... Read more
Intimacy as the Antidote to Autocracy
Dismantling Dominance, One Couple at a TimeAs a field, in our efforts to be neutral and nurturing, have we been unwittingly recreating the culture’s individualistic bias? Read more
Friendship Therapy
Your New Clinical SpecialtyEmbracing friendship therapy as fully as we do couples or family therapy might help us shift friendship to its rightful place of clinical importance. Read more
Flip Through the Magazine
...ON YOUR E-READER!Check out the January/February issue of the digital magazine on the browser of your favorite device—and dive in from cover to cover! Read more
Psychotherapy's Digital Companion
Using AI to Create Personalized Rituals, Practices, and MoreWhat if clients had a way to stay connected to therapy between sessions? AI could be a way to reinforce what therapists are already doing. Read more
Why Some Autistic Adults Go No-Contact
My 26th Year of PeaceGoing no-contact is a last-resort boundary some autistic adults set when other attempts to set limits with family members have failed. Read more
Why Gen-Alpha Slang Matters More Than You Think
Exploring What It Really Means in TherapyTherapists working with adolescents and teens don't need to be fluent in Gen-Alpha slang: they need to be curious without being theatrical. Read more
Year-End Financial Moves Every Therapist Should Know
Practical Ways to Reduce Stress, Lower Your Taxes, and Start 2026 StrongA few focused, well-timed decisions can help therapists meaningfully reduce their tax liability and ease the transition into next year. Read more
Psychiatry Has a New Hero
Awais Aftab Envisions a Humbler Approach to Mental IllnessPsychiatrist Awais Aftab has been inviting the most prominent thinkers in psychiatry to move beyond familiar narratives, embrace complexity, and change the... Read more
Using Psychodrama to Break the Trauma Loop
A Tool for Healing Adult Children of AddictsFor adult children of addicts who've distanced themselves from their painful pasts, interventions that require them to show rather than tell can be... Read more
Listen to the November/December 2025 Magazine Issue!
The Year that Reshaped Therapists: Finding Regulation in a Dysregulated WorldListen to the audio version of the November/December 2025 issue of Psychotherapy Networker magazine. Read more
Caring for Clients Without Abandoning Yourself
How to Serve Wisely in a System That Doesn'tMany therapists confuse sacrifice with service. But when the impulse to care crosses into self-abandonment, no one wins. Read more
Confronting "Mom Guilt"
A Tool to Work Through Core EmotionsParental guilt is often misunderstood by clinicians. The Change Triangle can bring this tricky emotion out into the open and help people work through it. Read more
A Case of Disappearing Desire
Two Approaches to a Client with Commitment IssuesSex therapist Tammy Nelson and trauma specialist Frank Anderson take different paths to empower a client struggling with intimacy. Read more
5 Common Factors for Change in Therapy
A New Integrative Treatment FrameworkAcross all our therapeutic modalities, there are elements that most effectively create change. What do these elements have in common, and how can you integrate... Read more
5 Most Popular Therapist Memes
Humor and Insights Your Colleagues Are SharingIn our quest for healing and connection in a chaotic world, a wacky meme can be a powerful tool. Read more
Energy Psychology's Battle for Recognition
A Growing Healing Movement vs APA's Division 12Of all the David-and-Goliath matchups in psychotherapy, few have had as many twists and turns as the one unfolding between energy psychology and the APA’s... Read more
Confusion in Therapyland
Finding Regulation in a Dysregulated WorldA fantastical journey leads an overwhelmed clinician to unexpected interactions with some of our field's leading luminaries, including Ramani Durvasula, Terry... Read more
Flip Through the Magazine
...ON YOUR E-READER!Check out the November/December issue of the digital magazine on the browser of your favorite device—and dive in from cover to cover! Read more
The Year That Reshaped Therapists
Editor's Note: November/December 2025This year has felt different. There's been a lot of dysregulation in the air, and therapists are feeling it alongside their clients. Why are we feeling so... Read more