A group of preteen girls in a long-term shelter teach a budding therapist some unexpected lessons about the true meaning of resilience and the power of relationship.

Our offices don’t make people well, but they extend an invitation. They provide a comforting consistency in the midst of hard, often unsettling work. So a therapist’s office—no matter what it looks like—will absolutely never be “just an office.”

What if a park bench was your waiting room, and nature your co-therapist? A growing group of practitioners, who stroll with their clients not just every once in a while, but for most every session, see special benefits in conducting sessions outdoors.

A troubled father casts a mysterious shadow over a little girl’s world.

A recently divorced mother learns to confront a lifelong fear on her own.

A technophobic therapist struggles with a new professional reality.

Five therapists recall the up-against-the-wall moments from practice that required them to toss away the usual clinical playbook.

The therapist’s office is a zone of creative adventure and unpredictability, where the most powerful moments often come out of the blue.

The pandemic has showed us just how much our clients need us—and how much we need to tend to ourselves. For some therapists, this has meant reimagining their entire practice.

Refusing to be defined by others can sometimes require an unexpected catalyst.