If most chronic pain is maintained by complex mind–body interactions, how can therapists help treat it? Read more

This issue explores how our current pandemic reality is affecting kids and their caregivers. Read more

Finding harmony in a difficult sibling relationship. Read more

Psychologist Ali Mattu is on a mission to bring therapeutic principles to the mainstream. Read more

Our current caregiving crisis is a societal failure, not the result of one family’s shortcomings. Read more

Although it’s never been easy to take oh-so-familiar systems principles and put them to work in real life, the devastating sweep of the pandemic has made... Read more

The key elements of gender-affirmative therapy for clients who are medically or socially transitioning. Read more

A new book examines how different cultures view mental illness and the stigma that persists in America. Read more

The pandemic has created an emotional petri dish for kids and parents who are stuck in place, terribly stressed, and feeling alone. How are families supposed... Read more

“Therapy robots” have been touted as an answer to loneliness and a new way to build social skills. But will they change the way therapists work? Read more

Self-harm is not a culturally specific phenomenon, but it’s often misunderstood and overlooked in Black children by a society that forces them to grow up... Read more

In this genuinely hazardous COVID-19 environment, how can therapists help kids and families reject their OCD safety rituals? Read more

Facilitating bereavement support groups for aging clients. Read more

Building a relationship with heavily armored, developmentally regressed, profoundly sad adolescents is no small feat. They don’t exactly let you in the front... Read more

You could handle anything a child or teen client threw at you in your office. From extreme disengagement to hyperactivity, you could overcome any client... Read more

Dan Siegel, author and cofounder of the Mindsight Institute, was a close friend of Networker editor Rich Simon for over two decades. Rich's family has asked... Read more

Last month, the Networker's director of CE, Zach Taylor, hosted therapist, author, and polyvagal specialist Deb Dana for the inaugural installment of... Read more

There’s a profound change occurring in our relationship to space. In working remotely, it feels at times like we’re doing home visits. In video calls, we... Read more

Today’s children and teens feel overwhelmed, time crunched and stressed out by social media, screen time, and an uncertain and often frightening world... Read more

Today’s children and teens feel overwhelmed, time crunched and stressed out by social media, screen time, and an uncertain and often frightening world... Read more

Children (and educators) across the country have been dealing with a collective trauma as schools shut down and radically changed their lives. Returning to... Read more

Children (and educators) across the country have been dealing with a collective trauma as schools shut down and radically changed their lives. Returning to... Read more

Add a valuable dimension to your practice and prepare yourself to help clients in chronic pain with behavioral solutions! The landscape of chronic pain... Read more

Add a valuable dimension to your practice and prepare yourself to help clients in chronic pain with behavioral solutions! The landscape of chronic pain... Read more

A core tenet of AEDP teaches us that humans have a built-in, primitive drive to seek out healing attachment, that if something inside us feels wrong, we move... Read more

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Family loss, abuse, neglect, and complex developmental trauma erode trust in self and others causing attachment ruptures. Children and adolescents are at... Read more

Family loss, abuse, neglect, and complex developmental trauma erode trust in self and others causing attachment ruptures. Children and adolescents are at... Read more

Stress is ubiquitous these days. And it can take a heavy toll unless it is recognized and managed effectively and insightfully. Though compassion fatigue is an... Read more

Despite progress in the identification of effective mental health interventions, up to 80% of people with mental health needs go without services each year... Read more