July/August 2023

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Editor's Note

Livia Kent

Together, maybe we can keep making—and protecting—the spaces that today’s kids need to dream their own dreams.
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Illustration © JOJOF

Trans Kids Under Fire

Exploring the State of Gender-Affirming Care

Margaret Nichols

When politicians decide what gender-affirming care should look like, what happens to the mental health of our trans, nonbinary, and gender fluid youth? Read More
Kids hands with fingerpaint | Photo by Alena Darmel/Pexels

Trans Kids Under Fire: Understanding the Facts

Margaret Nichols

Data from recent Pew Center, The Washington Post, the Williams Institute, and Gallup surveys shows the current state of transgender children in the U.S. Read More
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Girls On The Brink

The Neurobiology of Belonging

Donna Jackson Nakazawa

How might girls’ sensitive threat-response system affect their mental health amid a relentless barrage of distressing cues from social media? Read More
Two boys with a soccer ball | Photo @ Wetzkaz

Boys' Friendships

The Clash of Intimacy and Masculinity

Chris Lyford

Are we undermining boys' longing for soft, loving friendships? Read More
Illustration © Ole Schwander

When Teens Talk About Suicide

A DBT Approach for Critical Moments

Samantha Ascanio & Britt Rathbone

The rise in teen suicidality is frightening, but hospitalization isn’t the only—or even the best—option for treatment. Read More
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The Adultification of Black Youth

When Trauma Goes Unseen

Araya Baker

At best, self-harm and suicide among Black children are misunderstood. At worst, they’re willfully ignored. Read More
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The Tech-Free Vacation

A Family's Search for Lost Connection

Alicia Muñoz

Is there anything trickier for modern-day parents than separating a 13-year-old from an iPhone, even if it’s just for a few days? Read More
Zach Gottlieb

Gen Z and Mental Health

Changing the Conversation

Livia Kent

As adult therapists around the world weigh in on the youth mental health crisis, a Gen Z’er offers his own view of what our field should keep in mind. Read More

Extra Feature

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Coming Out As Plural

Setting the Record Straight on Dissociation

Jamie Marich

We all dissociate in some way to cope with the uncertainties of life, so why are people with dissociative identities often feared and misunderstood, even by those in the mental health field? Read More

Departments

Practice Tools: July/August 2023

Practice Tools

Practice Tools

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

Psychotherapy Networker

This month’s selection is from Bree Turns-Coe’s "Parent the Child You Have, Not the Child You Were: Breaking Generational Patterns, Raise Thriving Kids." Read More