January/February 2017

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Editor's Note

Rich Simon

This look back at the last 40 years of this magazine and our profession comes at a time when we could all use perspective on what we’ve learned from the challenges of the past—both within and outside the consulting room—and how to best face the difficult trials and out-of-the-blue twists and turns of the next 40.

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Footprints in the sand

Psychotherapy's Pilgrimage

Shaping the Consciousness of Our Time

William Doherty

Despite 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 being at a particular time amid all the forces that shape a culture. Here, a therapist who entered the field at the same time the Networker made its debut brings to life 40 years of the key moments in psychotherapy’s unfolding, exploring both how the field was influenced by social changes and how the consciousness of our times—and our view of what it means to be a fully realized person—have been transformed by the intimate conversations that take place in our consulting rooms. Read More
An illustration of clocks and cogs

Then, Now & Tomorrow

Oral Histories of Psychotherapy 1978-2017

Marian Sandmaier, Bessel van der Kolk, Dan Siegel, John Preston, Kenneth V. Hardy, Mary Jo Barrett, John Gottman, and Salvador Minuchin

A group of innovators and leaders look back over different realms of therapeutic practice and offer their view of the eureka moments, the mistakes and misdirections, and the inevitable trial-and-error processes that have shaped the evolution of different specialty areas within the field.  Read More
A collage of Networker magazine covers

Turns in the Road

Highlights from the Networker Journey

Katy Butler, Dusty Miller, Esther Perel, Frank Pittman, Fred Wistow, Gary Greenberg, Laura Markowitz, Mary Sykes Wylie, Molly Layton, Rich Simon, and Ron Taffel

Out 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 the magazine’s most journalistic side, conveying not so much the eternal verities of our profession, but the sense of reading a first draft of the field’s history. Among other things, you’ll find therapeutic methods that, as exciting as they seemed at the moment, didn’t stand the test of time as well as initial forays into discussing complex issues we’re still struggling with today. We’ve also added in a few examples of writing so immediate and compelling that they have an air of timelessness. Prepare yourself for an interesting journey. Read More

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