January/February 2023

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Editor's Note

Livia Kent

Welcome to the start of 2023—and the end of good ol’ 2022. Or maybe not so good? However we may feel about it, it’s over and done.

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Nedra Glover Tawwab / Photo Credit: Rajaee Tawwab

Sitting Down with Nedra Glover Tawwab

Flexible Boundaries and Drama-Free Relationships

Alicia Muñoz

A new kind of social media and psychotherapy influencer challenges the common cultural misconception that toxic people should be cut out of our lives, no questions asked. Read More
The Divorce Announcement / Photo Credit ISTOCK/RAWF8

The Divorce Announcement

A Conscious Approach to Moving Forward

Wayne Scott

How can therapists help divorcing clients share a message that conveys hope and healing? Maybe it's time to counter the divorce-as-catastrophe trope that runs deep in our social DNA. Read More
Preparing for the End of Therapy / Illustration Source James Endicott

Preparing for the End of Therapy

A Walk into the Unknown

Alicia Muñoz

Regardless of your expertise or advanced degree, client terminations can derail you at any time. So why don't we do a better job of planning for them? Read More
Will I Survive My Therapist's Retirement? / Illustration Source: Svetlin Rusev

Will I Survive My Therapist’s Retirement?

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do...

Martha Manning

When it comes time for your therapist to retire, hope like hell that it's not right after your marriage ends and your mother dies. Read More
Death and a Lifelong Love / Illustration Source: Gary Waters

Death and a Lifelong Love

Bracing for a Future without Marilyn

Irvin Yalom

A psychotherapy icon grapples with the imminent death of his wife as she moves from palliative care to hospice care. Read More
Leaving A High Demand, High Control Religion / Photo Credit iStock/BOONYACHOAT

Leaving A High Demand, High Control Religion

What Is a Therapist’s Role?

Krystal Shipps

Therapists are well equipped to support clients ending unhealthy relationships, but what about the clients looking to end a relationship with an all-encompassing institution? Read More

Extra Feature

Quieting the Relentless Inner Critic / Illustration Source Pedro Scassa

Quieting the Relentless Inner Critic

Memory Reconsolidation in Action

Juliane Taylor Shore

Pulling back the curtain on the mysterious and often misunderstood reconsolidation process can bring greater precision and depth to our interventions. Read More

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Practice Tools: January/February 2023

Practice Tools

Practice Tools

The best from across the field of psychotherapy . . . on us!

Practice Tools for the January/February 2023 issue are courtesy of Deb Dana's new book, "Polyvagal Practices: Anchoring the Self in Safety." Read More