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Networker Symposium 2014: Psychotherapy’s Most Celebrated Anti-ConferenceGenuine learning is conveyed via experience; something happening that resonates emotionally as well as intellectually, something that literally alters the... Read more
Letting Emotion Out and In
Susan Johnson on the Value of Using Emotion in Couples WorkSusan shares the latest research that backs up the central principle of EFT Read more
VIDEO: Desiring Change, but Clinging to the Familiar
David Burns on Turning Resistance into the Voice of ChangeDavid Burns discusses the key to reaching resistant clients—and it's not a new technique. Read more
The Triune Brain: Three Brains Attempting to Work as One
How the Evolution of the Human Brain has Led to the Existence of the Triune BrainWhen thinking about the general evolution of humans, we primarily compare ourselves to our chimp-like ancestors. But when it comes to the specific evolution of... Read more
Coaching with Feeling
Jeff Auerbach on the Key Differences Between Therapy and CoachingJeff Auerbach discusses the differences between therapy and coaching. Read more
Losing Focus as a Therapist
Mary Jo Barrett on Being Better Attuned to ClientsMary Jo Barrett talks about grounding during session to be in the moment. Read more
Bullying in Schools
What to Do When Officials Can’t HelpAs parents become frustrated with officials who can’t help with bullying in schools, they turn to another source. Read more
From Good Person to Ethical Professional
Mitch Handelsman on the Effectiveness of Ethics AcculturationMitch Handelsman explains integrating psychotherapy and ethics acculturation. Read more
One of the Guiding Principles of Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy Illustrated in a Client’s Panic Attack Treatment. Read more
To Self-Disclose, or Not to Self-Disclose?
Ken Hardy on Why Not Self-Disclosing Can Hurt TherapyPsychotherapy Networker Founder Rich Simon talks to Ken Hardy about how self-disclosure is part of the power structure in the therapy room. Read more
Developmental Trauma Disorder: Distinguishing, Diagnosing, and the DSM
How One Tenacious Task Force Worked to Separate Developmental Trauma Disorder from PTSD in DSM-5In 2005, a complex trauma task force began working on constructing a new diagnosis called Developmental Trauma Disorder, which, they hoped, would capture the... Read more
VIDEO: Talk Like a Therapist—Even from the Podium
Lynn Grodzki on Attracting New Clients by Being OurselvesLynn Grodzki shares about speaking with audiences about your therapy practice and how to leave your audience wanting more. Read more
VIDEO: Ending Therapy: The Importance of Planned Termination
How to Ease the Transition Out of the Therapy RelationshipLisa Ferentz discusses how to effectively terminate therapy with a client. Read more
Our Habits, Ourselves
What Role Do Habits Play?Psychotherapy too often fails to help clients like myself make changes in their lives because of the blind spot at its core—it undervalues the central role... Read more
Facing a Fear of Confrontation in Couples Therapy
When Couples Issues Hit Close to Home, Moving Forward Means Putting Aside the Fear of ConfrontationWe frequently need to confront our clients, and putting aside a fear of confrontation—not to mention a fear of losing clients—means that we must risk the... Read more
VIDEO: Social Conditioning, Or Are We Just Born That Way?
The Neuroscience Behind Primary Gender TraitsLouann Brizendine talks about one of the key neurobiological distinctions between the sexes: the need to reproduce vs. the need to nurture the helpless. Read more
Mindfulness Therapy: Three Reasons it’s Revolutionizing the Psychotherapy Field
Why Meditation in the West Went from Being Relegated to Counterculture, to Becoming the Hallmark of Mindfulness TherapyTherapists of the '70s and '80s saw meditation as either a fading hippie pursuit or a nonvaluable relaxation method. On the other hand, meditation teachers... Read more
VIDEO: Finding the Hero in Troubled Youth
Ken Hardy on Trauma Treatment that Taps into the Hero that Resides in All YouthPN Founder Rich Simon talks with Ken Hardy about finding the heroism amongst young clients that helps them survive. Read more
Blue-Collar Therapy
The Nitty-Gritty of Lasting ChangeChanges in the habitual attitudes and behaviors that shape our lives rarely happen as the result of psychological epiphanies or emotional catharsis. Most... Read more
Habits vs. Addictions
What’s the Difference?Some people can drink to excess for years without experiencing the negative consequences that can destroy their lives. So when does someone cross the tenuous... Read more
Creatures of Habit
Do We Really Choose How We Live Our Lives?When routines and habits become as lifeless as the manner in which one brushes one’s teeth, when the choreography of one’s existence resembles a... Read more
Something New, Here & Now
Breaking Free of the HabitualMost clients have automatic habits of thinking, feeling, and verbalizing experiences that imprison them in a world of gray sameness. How do we help them... Read more
The 14 Habits of Highly Miserable People
How to Succeed at Self-SabotageMaking yourself profoundly unhappy takes tenacity and creativity. But the real art of it is to behave in ways that allow you to claim yourself to be an... Read more
Shaking & Dancing in Dharamsala
A Group of Tibetan Refugees Find their Inner GuidesHow do you help 200 teenagers who’ve had to flee their country find a path to peace in a new place? A psychiatrist who’s traveled across the world to help... Read more
Psychotherapy vs. Placebos
Frontline PsychotherapyGarry Cooper and Kathleen Smith Read more
Hearing the Body’s Truth
Three Steps to Connecting to Felt SenseAlthough the idea that the mind and body are inextricably linked is widely accepted in our field, many clinicians remain too focused on words to hear the... Read more
The Black Shadow
Facing the Taboo Issue of Race in the Consulting RoomRaising the issue of race in therapy can help African American clients connect their personal struggles to an enduring cultural legacy that many insist isn’t... Read more
Grief as a Gift
Carrying on the Legacy of Kübler-RossDavid Kessler has spent his career helping people all over the world deal with death. In the process, he’s learned that—as much as we may resist... Read more
Love and Terror
Penetrating the Heart of EvilA new book examines how one man, under the guise of religious faith, kept his family isolated in a world of abuse and brutality, and how another family broke... Read more
Permission to Sleep
Accepting a Long Road to LoveA woman discovers that giving someone permission to sleep can be a deep expression of love. Read more