Editor's Note
Livia Kent
How Psychedelic Therapy Will Change Your Practice
Bessel van der Kolk & Monnica Williams on the Future of Trauma HealingBessel van der Kolk and Monnica Williams, two prominent trauma researchers, weigh in on what the field should be talking about now that psychedelic-assisted... Read more
Does Microdosing Work?
Chasing a Therapeutic Silver BulletMore and more people are ingesting small amounts of psilocybin on a daily basis in the hope of curing everything from mild irritability to major depression... Read more
Supercharging Couples Work with Ketamine
A Doorway to Greater IntimacyThe combination of therapeutic guides, ketamine, and community can open the door to deep, long-lasting relational change. Read more
The Ayahuasca Experience
Is There a Place for Shamanic Wisdom in Western Psychology?A world-renowned trauma expert shares his personal experience with the power of ayahuasca ceremonies to heal addiction, PTSD, and ingrained patterns that... Read more
In the Weeds
The Costs of Believing the Cannabis HypeThe U.S. cannabis industry has created a market worth up to 35 billion dollars, in part by convincing the public that THC is medicinal and safe. Are the people... Read more
Do You Need Psychedelics to Access an Altered State?
How to Move Clients Out of Ordinary Survival ModePsychedelics can show clients an alternative to their suffering—but so can many softer, gentler, more gradual approaches clinicians have been perfecting... Read more
Holotropic Breathwork
An Overlooked Path to Healing Experiences?In the midst of the psychedelic treatment revolution, have we forgotten about Stan Grof’s alternative to facilitating non-ordinary states of consciousness? Read more
Experiments In Being Someone Else
Can Fixed-Role Therapy Get Clients Unstuck?Trying on different personas can help clients step outside of their comfort zones and challenge their assumptions about themselves, others, and the world. Read more
Extra Feature
The Myth of Low Sexual Desire
Updating Our Ideas about Erotic Well-BeingGreat sex over the long term is not about how much you want sex; it’s about how much you like the sex you’re having. Read more
Departments
The Client No One Wants to Treat
What Happens When We Shun Pedophiles in Our Practices
The Dual Nature of Trauma Bonding
Beyond Abuser and Victim
Taking Sides in Couples Therapy
The Importance of Ditching Neutrality
Prentis Hemphill: Personal Healing Meets Social Change
How Somatic Therapy Can Create a Just World
How Can a Ghost Story Help Us Heal from Trauma?
Excavating Unspoken Conversations
A Monogamish Love Triangle
The Painful Geometry of an Open Relationship
Practice Tools: May/June 2024
The best from across the field of psychotherapy . . . on us!Download a worksheet from this month’s selection: Nancy Johnston's "The Clinician’s Codependency Treatment Workbook." Read more