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The Audition
From Our Symposium Storytelling EventWhat do you do when you're wrong for the part? Read more
Radical Compassion in Challenging Times
Handling Worry with RAINAt times, when things fall apart, as they are in our world right now, each of us has an essential medicine to offer. So the inquiry—Who do you want to be... Read more
Facing the Challenge
Psychotherapy Responds to the PandemicIf ever a conference devoted to “The Art of Healing in an Anxious Time” was needed, this is that time. Read more
United in Uncertainty
A Technophobic Therapist and Covid-19A technophobic therapist struggles with a new professional reality. Read more
Tales from the Therapy Room
Our Annual Storytelling Feature!Five therapists recall the up-against-the-wall moments from practice that required them to toss away the usual clinical playbook. Read more
If the Dress Fits...
Sorting Through a Closet Full of MemoriesWhen a mother and daughter are cut from different cloths, can they still hang in the same closet? Read more
Listening to Suicidal Clients
How to Get Beyond our FearsA suicidologist opens up about her personal struggles and what actually helps when working with suicidal clients. Read more
The Reality of Home DNA Tests
Are We Prepared to Deal with the Fallout?A new book explores the reality of home DNA testing and the often unexpected fallouts. Read more
How to Find the “Can” in “Can’t”
Getting Creative with CBTIt takes creativity to apply basic therapy tools, especially when depression has set in and negative cognitions have taken over. Read more
Dating at Midlife
A Road Map for Newly Single ClientsHelping clients who find themselves single again in midlife navigate a new world of dating. Read more
Left Behind
Counselors Seek Medicare ReimbursementThe long, hard fight to fix a legislative gap. Read more
Broken Mirrors
From Storytelling 2020When we can acknowledge the dark forces that reside within us. Read more
Letters from Home
From Storytelling 2020Finding hope in a hopeless situation. Read more
Two Scoops of Vanilla
“I think I broke my therapist”When a challenging clients brings out our true inner colors. Read more
My New Normal, Part 2
Therapeutic Discoveries in the Time of CoronavirusThe COVID-19 pandemic has radically shifted how almost every therapist works nowadays, in ways both expected and unexpected. Although we’re all in this... Read more
VIDEO: How Therapists Can Help Anxious Clients During a Pandemic
The Two Key IngredientsThe covid-19 pandemic is causing almost everyone anxiety. But for therapy clients who were already anxious, it's making symptoms much worse. Therapist and... Read more
Turning Points in Our Therapy Careers
Becoming the Change We Want to SeeWhat is a turning point, exactly? And how do you know when you've reached one in your career as a therapist? Whether it's a devastating illness, or a few... Read more
What We Need is Awe
Cultivating Wonder in a Time of LockdownFeelings of awe can have strongly prosocial effects and provide us with an existential and lasting sense of calm. Building our capacity for awe could not only... Read more
Living Our Lives as Fully as We Can
The Need for Humor and Self-CarePart of our lives is being a therapist, but it's not the whole thing. Now and looking beyond coronavirus times, how do we make sure we're doing the things we... Read more
My New Normal
How Our Work Has Changed Since CoronavirusThe COVID-19 pandemic has radically shifted how almost every therapist works nowadays, in ways both expected and unexpected. Although we’re all in this... Read more
VIDEO: Bessel van der Kolk on Taking Care of Our Mental Health During Coronavirus
What the Research Says about Staying Connected in Times of CrisisHow do you find community in the midst of physical distancing? However you can. In this clip from the 2020 Networker Virtual Symposium, trauma expert Bessel... Read more
Nine Simple Interventions for Depression
Help for Challenging TimesHere are some simple Sensorimotor Psychotherapy interventions that can help those who are feeling depressed and alone. Read more
VIDEO: Attachment Theory in 9 Minutes
Sue Johnson Breaks Down the Core TenetsPerhaps now more than ever, maintaining strong relationships is crucial to our emotional well-being. In this video clip from the 2020 Virtual Symposium, EFT... Read more
A Technophobic Therapist and COVID-19
United in UncertaintyIn the last few weeks, as the specter of contagion has rapidly grown more ominous with each news cycle, an unthinkable professional reality has emerged for... Read more
Yikes, I’m Attracted to My Client
Five Clinicians Weigh InA therapist finds her client attractive and says their conversations sometimes border on flirtatious. She says she'd never act on these feelings, but worries... Read more
Reflections on Remote Work with Clients
New Lessons on the Space Between UsAs a therapist, I've always liked to work a certain way, in person, face to face in my cozy office. But when the coronavirus hit and I repurposed a guest... Read more
Compassion During Quarantine
A Simple Practice for Our Clients and OurselvesI particularly like the suggestion to use the time we spend washing our hands during this pandemic to build up mindful compassion in ourselves. So, rather than... Read more
VIDEO: Lori Gottlieb on Mental Health and the Coronavirus
Productive vs. Unproductive Anxiety, and MoreIn this highlight from the 2020 Networker Virtual Symposium, therapist and author Lori Gottlieb talks about maintaining our mental health amidst the... Read more
VIDEO: Rick Hanson on the Healing Power of Refuge
Focusing on the People, Places, and Activities that Give Us SanctuaryA Networker Symposium highlight, therapist and author Rick Hanson invoked the spirit of Mr. Rogers to help attendees better acknowledge their connection with... Read more