Mindfulness & Brain Science
Over the last half-century, brain science and mindfulness have transformed the way clinicians help clients manage stress, self-soothe, and cope with mental health challenges. Here, you'll find articles that explore the evolution of mindfulness and meditation as therapy tools. Read how our field's most innovative clinicians are integrating neuroscience, memory reconciliation, and brain-based practices into therapy. Learn from Tara Brach, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Daniel Kahneman, Dan Siegel, Ronald Siegel, Rick Hanson, Jack Kornfield, and others.
Mindfulness & Meditation
These pieces examine mindfulness and meditation both as clinical tools and means for inhabiting life more fully. They range from Jon Kabat-Zinn's reflections on modern mindfulness to reflections from Tara Branch on how we can all awaken from the "cybertrance." These articles offer practical strategies for applying mindfulness in work with clients struggling with a broad range of issues, from depression and overwhelm to relationship challenges and maladaptive patterns. They also address meditation myths, explore safety concerns, and offer insights into mindfulness's role in the process of change. Learn more about applying these tools both in your daily life and your therapy practice.
Neuroscience & Brain-based Practices
This category brings together writings on how neural systems, body states, and personal experiences interact to shape human experience and impact mental health. These pieces range from Dan Siegel's work in interpersonal neurobiology to accessible explanations of negativity bias and how we can apply the findings of brain science to the everyday practice of therapy. They explore neurofeedback, brainspotting, the "overwriting" of traumatic memories, and strategies for helping anxious or angry clients regulate in session. Learn more about these expanding, nuanced topics from experts in the field as they dive into their triumphs, limitations, and ethical considerations.
Dan Siegel sings in public for the first time to convey what lies at the heart of interpersonal neurobiology. Read more
Daniel Kahneman, bestselling author of "Thinking Fast and Slow," explores how therapists can help clients change bad habits that cause misery. Read more
Eugene Gendlin, the developer of Focusing, explores the importance of moving beyond mindfulness to develop a whole body sense of a situation. Read more
Our field's foremost brain expert connects the dots between scientific advances and our field's evolving view of mental health. Read more
Therapists tend to assume all their clients can visualize safe places and past experiences. But some can’t! Read more
Many people who've tried neurofeedback say it's the closest thing therapy has to a silver bullet. So why aren't more therapists using it? Read more
The way we think about connection and relationships can play a pivotal role in reverse-engineering the climate crisis— and therapists need to help. Read more
A look at the rise, mysteries, and controversies of Brainspotting, David Grand’s popular trauma-processing technique. Read more
Is there a way to engage in self-care while in conversation with someone or in session? Learn more about nonviolent communication, a mindful approach to... Read more
How might girls’ sensitive threat-response system affect their mental health amid a relentless barrage of distressing cues from social media? Read more
How can neurofeedback help people tailor their meditation practice to help with their mental health concerns? Read more
Here are some "hacks" to help your clients be more mindful in their relationships—using the Gottman Method. Read more
Pulling back the curtain on the mysterious and often misunderstood reconsolidation process can bring greater precision and depth to our interventions. Read more
Networker sits down with Rick Hanson to discuss how to better apply the principles of neuroscience. Read more
Daniel J. Siegel, New York Times bestselling author and world-renowned neuropsychiatrist, joined us for an Ask Me Anything LIVE virtual event! Read more
I’ve been finding a particular short meditation practice helpful in supporting my clients during this period of sadness, loss, and exhaustion. It’s more... Read more
Meditation is generally considered one of the safest practices for our clients. But one organization says that’s not always the case. Read more
Thinking about behavior only in terms of reinforcement and consequence is outdated. It’s not mind over matter. It’s both. Are new therapists getting that... Read more
Rick Hanson describes how becoming more mindful of our body and thoughts, and the link between the two, can make us happier and less afraid of life's... Read more
During the 2020 Networker Virtual Symposium, renowned Buddhist teacher and psychologist Tara Brach explained how, even in the midst of the stress, anxiety, and... Read more
With so much of our lives being conducted in front of screens right now, it can be easy to lose sight of the world around us, and this can make for some tough... Read more
Our minds are more than what happens inside our skulls, and even in our bodies. They’re fully embodied, and they’re fully relational. Here are seven daily... Read more
At times, when things fall apart, as they are in our world right now, each of us has an essential medicine to offer. So the inquiry—Who do you want to be... Read more
I particularly like the suggestion to use the time we spend washing our hands during this pandemic to build up mindful compassion in ourselves. So, rather than... Read more
A Networker Symposium highlight, therapist and author Rick Hanson invoked the spirit of Mr. Rogers to help attendees better acknowledge their connection with... Read more
Mindfulness specialist Chris Willard explains the difference between mindfulness work with kids and adults, and shares two techniques you can use today with... Read more
Tara Brach advocates for engaging with what’s emotionally painful. It’s a process she calls cultivating deliberate practice. Read more
During my internship after graduate school, I worked as therapist at an intensive out-patient eating disorder (ED) clinic. One of the patients, Amber, was a... Read more
When he introduced Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction to the West, Jon Kabat-Zinn transformed the way we regard the Self, and the psychological ailments that... Read more
Trying to release our negative self-beliefs can feel as if we’re trying to exorcise something buried deep inside our body. And in a way we are. Read more
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