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Who Am I to Judge?
The Question of the "Good Enough" ParentA child-custody consultant wrestles with the question of what is a good enough mother. Read more
A Therapist Switches Chairs
From Clinician to Client to AuthorIn her latest bestselling book, Lori Gottlieb offers an unusually intimate look at her experience as both a therapist and a client. Read more
In the Aftermath of Suicide
The Long Journey to HealingIn the wake of a loved one’s suicide, therapists must have the patience to sit with clients as the slow and painful process of healing unfolds. CASE... Read more
Truths and Consequences
Helping Teens Make Good DecisionsWhen it comes to high-risk behaviors, therapists can find themselves caught between boundary-testing teens and their concerned parents. Read more
Even as ketamine’s popularity continues to rise for depression treatment, it’s still fighting an uphill battle for clinical acceptance. Read more
Getting "Ghosted" by Clients
Four Stories from Therapists, and What They Learned from Their ExperienceWe’ve all seen it happen. Maybe some of us are even guilty of it ourselves. When you get an email from that pesky neighbor, a text message from the boring... Read more
The Best Love Story Ever
Changing the Way We See ConnectionSue Johnson makes an impassioned case for the deeply healing power of intimate connection. Read more
Suicide and the Golden Gate Bridge
BONUS Video: Watch Malcolm's full keynote from Symposium 2019In his many bestselling books, author Malcolm Gladwell has achieved renown for upending conventional thinking about the forces that shape people’s lives. His... Read more
The Inheritance Within
Coming Face to Face with Our AncestorsFor decades, Bert Hellinger and his Family Constellations approach have been a lightning rod for controversy. But the latest research on epigenetics and the... Read more
VIDEO: Breaking Rigid Thinking Around Intimacy
A Three-Part Solution for Couples TherapySex therapist Suzanne Iasenza talks about a three-part process that helps couples free themselves from the rigid narratives about sex that keep them from... Read more
Fully Present Sex
How Mindfulness Can Heighten Desire, Arousal, and SatisfactionWhen sex becomes fraught or painful, fear and worries can overtake this important source of pleasure. But clinicians and clients are embracing a nonmedical... Read more
VIDEO: Therapists Getting Real and Going Public
The Power of Transparency in the New Marketing LandscapeHow can therapists reduce stigma around getting mental health treatment? When it comes to marketing your practice, how much personal information should you be... Read more
My Client is Being Bullied and Her School Won’t Help
Five Clinicians Give Their TakeRaisa is a sophomore in high school, and tells her therapist that the girls in her class are bullying her with insults like “slut” and “whore.” Her... Read more
VIDEO: Using Play with Adults in Therapy
Dafna Lender Demonstrates Three Proven TechniquesAny therapist who works with kids will tell you that incorporating play in therapy is a great way to break the ice, reduce anxiety, and strengthen the... Read more
VIDEO: Joan Borysenko on Sitting with Our Darkest Moments
Moving through a Place between "No Longer" and "Not Yet"In our stressful, tech-obsessed, and data-based world, psychologist Joan Borysenko reminds us that the nonlinear, nonquantitative wisdom of the heart and... Read more
VIDEO: Using the Arts in Trauma Treatment
Expressive Art Therapist Cathy Malchiodi Weighs InPsychotherapy Networker’s Lauren Dockett speaks with influential art and expressive art therapist Cathy Malchiodi about the broadening of her her field, how... Read more
VIDEO: When Our Clients Help Us Overcome Our Greatest Fears
A Therapist Shares Her Most Memorable Clinical ExperienceLynn Lyons shares a moving, often hilarious, story about how her young client helped her become a stronger person and a better therapist. Read more
My Clients Are Asking Personal Questions
Five Clinicians Give Their TakeA therapist works from his home office, which means clients sometimes observe elements of his personal life. He's had clients ask about his electric car... Read more
The Touch Taboo
Are We Missing a Vital Source of Healing?Polyvagal Theory offers a new kind of somatic road map for guiding both therapists and clients toward safety and connection. It can also empower therapists to... Read more
An Interview with Peter Levine
Turning Psychotherapy Bottom UpPeter Levine, developer of Somatic Experiencing, takes us inside his seemingly intuitive approach and reveals the guiding principles that inform his work. Read more
Character Work
What Therapists Can Learn from ActorsTherapists can flop in their “performance” with clients, coming off as inauthentic or over the top. One former actor discovers how to embody the kind of... Read more
Tips for a Sedentary Profession
Sitting Up!Therapists spend much of the day sitting in a chair. But most don’t consider how the way they sit affects the therapy experience for both them and their... Read more
Kindling the Spark
The Healing Power of Expressive ArtsAliveness is not an experience we think or talk ourselves into; it’s a state of being we feel in our bodies. An expressive arts therapist shows how... Read more
Welcome to Holland
When Life Takes a DetourWhat do you do when your life’s expectations get turned upside down? Read more
Dying Well
Humanizing Our Overmedicalized SystemHospital protocols have replaced the time-honored customs that once enabled the dying to be lead actors in their life’s final drama. Why do we spend so much... Read more
ASMR Videos
A New Tool for Therapists?Videos designed to elicit ASMR, a physiological state some people find soothing, get millions of views online. Now clinicians are debating whether they could... Read more
Disarming the Verbal Bully
Four Ways to Push PauseAt a time when verbal bullies seem to feel increasingly empowered, here are four offbeat ways to push pause on their toxic verbiage. Read more
Storm Damage
Angry Words Can Sink a RelationshipEven though partners may forgive each other after a heated argument, the hurtful words that were hurled can be haunting nonetheless. Read more
ACEs and a New Vision for Healthcare
Bringing Therapists and Physicians TogetherWhen it comes to addressing the profound impact of trauma, pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris is calling for primary care physicians and therapists to develop... Read more
The Shopping Trip
Showing Up Is Its Own RewardSometimes you learn your most important life lessons from the person who most frustrates and disappoints you. Read more