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The Ordinary Magic of Thriving
Making Resilience Accessible in the Therapy RoomDespite exposure to trauma, many survivors experience well-being. So why does everything we read suggest that healing from trauma is the exception? Read more
When the Marriage Ends but the Story Doesn't
Finding a Voice in "Is This Thing On?""Is This Thing On?" explores what happens when relationships erode the identity of the people in themāand what it means to recover your voice in the midst of... Read more
The Art of Confrontation in Therapy
6 Ways to Gain Traction with CouplesWhen doing couples therapy, using confrontation isnāt conflictāitās more like holding up a mirror to a system thatās malfunctioning. Read more
Flip Through the May/June 2026 Issue
The New World of Affair RecoveryExplore the digital version of the May/June 2026 issue of Psychotherapy Networker online or on your favorite e-reader. Read more
Listen to the May/June 2026 Audio Issue
The New World of Affair RecoveryListen to the audio version of the May/June 2026 issue of Psychotherapy Networker magazine. Read more
The Betrayal After the Betrayal
How Affair Recovery is Hurting Those It's Meant to HelpHas a field that once shamed the betraying partner overcorrected to where itās now failing the betrayed? Read more
The New World of Affair Recovery
Editor's Note: May/June 2026Today's therapists are being asked to rewrite the playbook on infidelity in a world where intimacy has never been more complex. Read more
Grief in Affair Recovery
Understanding Loss Through a Systems LensInfidelity doesnāt just wound the betrayed partnerāgrief ripples through the entire relational system. Sometimes, holding it in unconventional ways... Read more
The Future of Affairs
Thirds, Therapists, and AI InfidelityThe landscape of infidelity has shifted dramaticallyāwhat will it take for our clinical thinking to catch up? Read more
5 Behaviors that Rebuild Trust After Infidelity
Because Proof You've Changed Can't Regulate a Nervous SystemBetrayed partners donāt need perfect apologies. Their nervous systems need a pattern. Read more
Treating the Affair Partner
How to Help the Overlooked Third in the Infidelity TriangleItās easy to dismiss or villainize the affair partner. But when they bring their unique experience into the room, do you know what to do? Read more
The Surprising Truth about Betrayal-Informed Therapy
Confronting the Misapplication of Therapeutic SymmetryRushing to repair after betrayal isnāt just prematureāit can deepen your clientsā pain. Read more
Facing Our Field's History of Infidelity Treatment
What's Cringey? What's Compelling?Four decades of nuggets from our archives trace how our fieldās thinking about affairs has evolvedāand remind us to hold todayās certainties a little... Read more
Is Moral Injury the Defining Problem of Our Time?
Naming and Treating Traumaās Most Elusive DimensionMoral injury is finally gaining recognitionāin grad schools, social media, and even our diagnostic bibles. But how do you treat a wound of the soul? Read more
Treating Clients Who Share Your Own Diagnosis
How to Navigate Empathy and Ethical PitfallsThe same diagnosis that makes you uniquely attuned to a client may also make you vulnerable to crossing ethical boundaries. Read more
Childhood Emotional Neglect
Treating the Wound That Leaves No ScarPsychologist Jonice Webbāwho named childhood emotional neglectāshares how to spot it, treat it, and help clients transform it. Read more
Scott Galloway's Message for MenāThrough a Therapist's Lens
What "Notes on Being a Man" Can Offer Your ClientsA marketing professorās bestselling book has a valuable message for struggling young menāand their therapists. Read more
Passive Suicidality & the Jovial Client
Two Clinicians Respond to Subtle Suicidal Ideation in a First SessionTwo takes on handling suicidality skillfully from the first intervention. Read more
What is Relational Restlessness?
The Hidden Force Behind Couples' DisconnectionYour couples may not be falling out of loveāthey may be falling out of alignment. Read more
Tapping into Trauma
Energy Psychology Goes MainstreamEnergy psychologyāespecially Emotional Freedom Techniques, or tappingāis gaining traction as a fast-acting, evidence-backed, somatic therapy that reduces... Read more
Why You Owed on Your Taxes This Year
...And How to Avoid This Next YearIf you're a therapist who works in private practice and you were surprised to owe taxes this year, you're not alone! Here's what happenedāand how to avoid... Read more
The Self-Doubt Habit in Parenting
How Childhood Shapes the Way We Trust OurselvesWhy do so many parents struggle with trusting themselves, and how can we help them conquer self-doubt? Read more
When the Room Becomes Your Co-therapist
Adventures in Synchronicity, Enactment, and Reparative ImaginationWhen therapists stay open to synchronicities, the world becomes an unlikely collaborator in healing. Read more
The Limits of Trauma Work
Love Is Not EnoughAs a field, we're adept at healing injuries. But what are we doing to prevent injuries from occurring in the first place? Read more
The Couples' Work We Weren't Trained For
Grief, Resilience, and Intimacy in Long-Term LoveA seasoned couples therapist discovers an overlooked stage of love our field may have missed. Read more
Rethinking Autistic Connection
Double Empathy and 5 Autistic Love LanguagesA critical skill that therapists are just learning involves understanding the unique ways many Autistic clients show loveāfrom info- dumping to support... Read more
When Your Client's Problem Mirrors Your Own
Navigating Countertransference and the Trap of AdviceWhen our clients' stories trigger our own painful memories, we can use this to our advantage, rather than let our emotions impact treatment. Read more
Becoming a Confident Therapist
What Two Seasoned Experts Taught Me About Finding My Clinical SelfWhat does it take to be a confident therapist? To find out, a struggling therapist connects with experts Bill Doherty and Sabrina N'Diaye. Read more
Can Being a Therapist Wear You Down?
The Occupational Injury No One Talks AboutIt's easy to interpret therapists over responsiveness as a personal flaw, but it's actually an occupational hazard. Read more
Listen to the March/April 2026 Magazine Issue!
Demystifying DissociationListen to the audio version of the March/April 2026 issue of Psychotherapy Networker magazine. Read more