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Psychotherapy's Pilgrimage
Shaping the Consciousness of Our TimeDespite what grad school textbooks may imply, therapy movements are more than a set of theories and techniques. They’re about what it means to be a human... Read more
Then, Now & Tomorrow
Oral Histories of Psychotherapy 1978-2017A group of innovators and leaders look back over different realms of therapeutic practice and offer their view of the eureka moments, the mistakes and... Read more
Turns in the Road
Highlights from the Networker JourneyOut of all the hundreds and hundreds of articles that have appeared in the Networker over the past four decades, we’ve chosen a small sampling that captures... Read more
Healing after the Election
What Therapists and Their Minority Clients Are SayingWhat minority clients are saying to their therapists after the election, and how therapists are responding. Read more
The Oldest Guy on the Team
Running for Your LifeThe joys of being the oldest guy on the team. Read more
The 6 Most-Read Networker Articles of 2016
A Look Back at the Year's Popular Reads, Chosen by YouThe most popular stories of 2016 as chosen by the readers of Psychotherapy Networker magazine. Read more
VIDEO: Stephen Porges on How Trauma Affects Our Ability to Connect
The Science Behind Healthy RelationshipsStress responses aren't only vested within the sympathetic nervous system’s capacity to support fight-or-flight behaviors. There’s another defense... Read more
Six Things Therapists Are Saying After the Election
. . . And Why You Shouldn't Be Afraid to Call Out the Chicken LittlesBy Chris Lyford - Regardless of where you stand politically, it’s hard to deny that the 2016 presidential election was one of the most stress-inducing in... Read more
VIDEO: Julie Gottman on Why There's a Right Way for Couples to Argue
Breaking Down the Four Points of the "Conflict Blueprint"Are you working with partners who can't seem to escape cycles of criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling? According to renowned couples therapist... Read more
What do we know as therapists that can guide us in moving forward in both our personal lives as well as our work with clients? Read more
In this issue, our contributors reveal, in ways that were all quite stunning to me, the magnitude and vast social implications—for us and our profession—of... Read more
Left to Our Own Devices
Sorting Through The Bewildering World Of Therapeutic AppsMobile apps offer tools for everything from depression, social anxiety, and binge eating to phobias, OCD, postpartum problems, and substance abuse recovery. In... Read more
The Empathy Gap
Digital Culture Needs What Talk Therapy OffersConditioned by the experience of life on the screen, clients today find it harder to concentrate on face-to-face conversation. They may not even see its value... Read more
Is VR a Game Changer?
Virtual Reality in TherapyTo date, virtual reality’s most visible therapeutic role has been in the treatment of phobias and other conditions where it’s served as an adjunct to... Read more
Caught in a Web
A World Where Life Is Always ElsewhereEvery day, every moment, we must wade through the flood of incoming alerts and emails urgently demanding our time and attention, all the while knowing that... Read more
Apologizing Under Fire
How to Handle Big-Time CriticismIt’s difficult enough to offer an apology when we see the need for it and believe it’s the right thing to do. It’s far more difficult when we’re... Read more
Therapists wade into the controversy about trigger warnings for potentially disturbing college course material. Read more
Responding to Extreme Trauma Symptoms
How Neuroscience Can HelpHow an understanding of the brain can inform our trauma interventions. Read more
Bullying Reconsidered
Helping Children Help Each OtherWhile research indicates that most anti-bullying projects don’t work, a disarmingly simple approach has shown promising results. Read more
Food and Mood
What Every Therapist Needs to Know about NutritionWhat therapists should know about nutrition and the food-mood connection. An interview with Joan Borysenko. Read more
When the Rules Change
Learning to Learn from Your ChildrenThere’s a crucial point in the parenting life cycle that’s not often discussed in the literature. Read more
Intimate Enemies
A Stepson Reconsiders a Long-Held ResentmentA stepson reconsiders a long-held resentment. Read more
Are You a "Permaparent"?
Your Adult Child Just Moved Back Home. But Is It Normal?Today, about 25 million young adults between between 18 and 34 are currently residing with their parents. In its basic form, this story holds that most... Read more
VIDEO: Diane Poole Heller on the Hidden Capabilities of Trauma Survivors
Watch as a Traumatized Client Taps Into a Wellspring of Healing in an Actual SessionThink all traumatized clients are shut-down and energy-sapped? Think again. In this clip from her Networker Symposium Keynote, "Creating a Corrective Emotional... Read more
VIDEO: Susan Johnson on the Power of Emotion
The Secret Ingredient in Good TherapyEmotion is the most important motivating force bringing clients to our offices in the first place. Nevertheless, therapists are often strangely queasy in the... Read more
Living Brave
From Vulnerability to DaringWith millions of people having seen her TED talks and read her books, researcher and bestselling author Brené Brown is a phenomenon. But aside from her... Read more
Transcending Trauma
Learning How to Guide Devastated Clients Toward GrowthIn the early days of the trauma field, clients were seen as one-dimensional bundles of dysfunction and pain, who needed to relive their trauma before progress... Read more
Clearly, therapists must always respond with empathy, understanding, and attuned clinical expertise to clients’ suffering. But the theme of this issue is... Read more
Hiding in Plain Sight
Clients' Symptoms Offer Clues to Their StrengthsAs therapists, we’re taught to be master detectives who methodically investigate our clients’ symptoms in search of a “culprit”—the source of their... Read more
The Bonds of War
PTSD Reconsidered“In addition to all the destruction and loss of life, war also inspires ancient human virtues of courage, loyalty, and selflessness that can be utterly... Read more