July/August Psychotherapy Networker Magazine

The New "Good Enough" Parent

How Much of Us Do Our Kids Really Need?
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Editor's Note

Livia Kent

My funny, creative, and very sweet three-year-old has been writhing on the floor in agony for... Read more

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Facing the Past as a Parent

How Our Worst Moments Can Stop Intergenerational Trauma

For one trauma therapist, parenting turned out to be the ultimate trial by fire—and a path to healing and wholeness. Read more

The Dangers of a Phone-Based Childhood

Are We Protecting Kids in the Wrong Way?

What happens when a whole generation of children are overprotected on the playground and underprotected online? Read more

“Gentle Parenting” a Fierce & Feisty Kid

When One-Size-Fits-All Scripts Don’t Work

The prescriptive, one-size-fits-all version of “gentle parenting” promoted on social media may work with many kids, but for parents of “big reactors,”... Read more

“She Looks Just Like You”

What Are We Not Seeing with Donor-Assisted IVF?

Understanding the impact of “resemblance talk” and the challenge of “parental claiming” can help the parents of donor-conceived children feel... Read more

The Surrogacy Partnership

Navigating a Complicated, Intimate Arrangement

Building a trusting relationship with a surrogate requires a wide array of interpersonal and self-regulation skills— and can be the ultimate exercise in... Read more

The Parentification Trap

Growing Up Too Fast as a Child of Immigrants

How does it impact the development of second-generation kids when their sense of self is inextricably tied to meeting the needs of parents and elders? Read more

Countering the Mommy Brain Stigma

The Benefits of Maternal Neuroplasticity at Work

Rather than a deficiency, “mommy brain” is an asset—and therapists can help their clients embrace it in the workplace. Read more

Extra Feature

An Autobiography of Trauma

The Developer of Somatic Experiencing Releases His Own “Body Memory”

When the world-renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing begins feeling persistent disturbing sensations come up from childhood, he realizes it’s time to... Read more

Sue Johnson changed the field, creating a ripple effect of healing that continues to transform countless relationships. In a mosaic of anecdotes drawn from the... Read more

Departments

The Cultural Competence Dilemma

How Much Can We Rely On a Shared Identity with Clients?

Demystifying Walk and Talk Therapy

How to Get Outside With Clients

Sexual Fantasies in Couples Therapy

The Art of Encouraging Erotic Imagination

Vienna Pharaon on Family-of-Origin Work

The Importance of Looking back to Move Forward

Boys Holding Hands

How Are We Policing the Beauty of Male Intimacy?

An Apple Seed and Trained Monkeys

Growing Up Under the Influence of My Big Sister's Imagination
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Practice Tools: July/August 2024

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

This month’s selection is from Lindsay Gibson’s Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents Guided Journal: Your Space to Heal, Reflect and Reconnect... Read more