May/June 2023

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Editor's Note

Livia Kent

My editorial Spidey-sense tells me there’s a good chance that some readers will raise an eyebrow—or maybe two—at this issue of the magazine
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Exploring Consensual Nonmonogamy

How to Help Couples Avoid Pitfalls and Enhance Their Connection

Wayne Scott

Despite a cultural environment that’s often hostile toward nonmonogamy, an increasing number of couples are considering it. How can therapists help them travel this path, deepen communication, and attune to one another in new ways? Read More
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Dating Again in Your 70s

A Couples Therapist Joins Match.com

Carol Kramer

Even when you've spent your entire career teaching people how to have relationships, finding love is still a risky, humbling, and unpredictable process—especially when you're new to online dating. Read More
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Honoring the Choice to Be Single

Have We Gotten Past Our Relationship Biases?

Lauren Dockett

Americans are choosing to remain single in unprecedented numbers—and contrary to commonly held assumptions in our field, they're not unhappy about it, not merely biding time between partners, and not in need of fixing. Read More
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Rewriting Marriage Contracts

Fresh Options for Ambivalent Couples

Sara Schwarzbaum

The choice for ambivalent couples is no longer binary: separate or stay together. Instead, therapists can help them craft formal yet flexible agreements centered around their living situation, parenting responsibilities, and sex lives. Read More
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When One Partner Is Kinky...

Cracking Open the Conversation

Joe Kort

Having an erotic craving that seems shocking to a partner doesn’t have to be a death knell for a relationship. Read More

Extra Feature

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A Puncturing of the Soul

Facing Racial Trauma and Internalized Devaluation

Kenneth V. Hardy

If clinicians continue to assert that "trauma is trauma," the uniqueness treating racial trauma will remain on the margins of what we extol as best practice. Read More

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Practice Tools: May/June 2023

Practice Tools

Practice Tools

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

Psychotherapy Networker

Practice Tools for the May/June 2023 issue are courtesy of Arielle Schwartz's book, "Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery." Read More