Learning to Bear the Unbearable
How MDMA WorksBessel van der Kolk assesses the importance and possible impact of the growing psychedelic-therapy movement. Read more
VIDEO: Bill Doherty on Deepening Our Therapeutic Vision
The Importance of Cultivating a New Kind of SelfAt the 2016 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, Bill Doherty offered his take on how psychotherapy can reassert its cultural relevance by deepening its vision... Read more
2-Day Mindfulness, Compassion & Biofeedback: Evidence-Based Strategies to Improve Self-Regulation & Stress Reduction in Clients with PTSD, Anxiety, Chronic Pain & More
Clients with PTSD, anxiety, depression or chronic pain often struggle with distress-tolerance and poor emotional regulation. These clients are often unable to... Read more
Internal Family Systems Therapy, Second Edition
Now significantly revised with over 70% new material, this is the authoritative presentation of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, which is taught and... Read more
After the Affair
Two Case Studies Illustrate the Opportunities Moving ForwardThis article first appeared in the May/June 1989 issue. Back in the 1950s, Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, Hollywood’s perfect young couple, shocked... Read more
2-Day Training on Clinical Hypnosis: Transform Your Treatment of Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Addiction and Chronic Pain
Providing hope and healing is the kind of work that makes you come alive. And you strive to help each client who’s counting on you to deliver. But... Read more
Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence in Maine: Identification, Documentation, Reporting and Trauma-Informed Responses
Regardless of your area of focus, you’re likely to encounter Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence at some point in your practice. But abuse can be... Read more
ADHD, Executive Function & Behavioral Challenges in the Classroom
Take advantage of the latest brain research and evidence-based best practices to get kids motivated, focused, organized, and performing closer to their real... Read more
A Therapist’s Guide to the Psychopharmacology of Trauma and Dissociation
Let’s face it – treating trauma is hard work and it’s not always clear what needs to be done. Dysregulated nervous systems, co-morbidities... Read more
Finding the Path Back
Couples Therapy After an AffairEditor’s Note: This blog is excerpted from a piece that originally appeared in our September/October 1994 issue, Parents Under Siege. Do you think its... Read more
Something's Missing from Family Therapy
Twenty-Five Years Later, a Poignant Message from the Late Betty Carter Still ResonatesIn order to understand the particularity of almost any couple's personal experience, we need to adjust our lens to include not only their private domestic... Read more
The Problem with the Borderline Diagnosis
Getting Beyond the LabelHave we unfairly pathologized clients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder? Read more
A Controversial Study on Abortion Offers Surprising Findings
Whatever one’s position on abortion, it’s hard to dispute that the debate has ramped up radically over the last year. Read more
Immigration and Trauma
How Can Therapists Help?How therapists can help the traumatized community of immigrants and asylum seekers. Read more
When to Speak Up
Handling Microagressions in TherapyWhat to do about addressing microaggressions in therapy. Read more
VIDEO: Learning to Let Go of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk on the Power of Creating a NarrativeImagine the helplessness of being unable to distinguish painful past experiences from present ones. According to Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps... Read more
Resurrecting Therapy
Putting Big Pharma on the CouchIn 1986, people being treated for depression were twice as likely to be in therapy as to be taking pills. Now, for every person in therapy, there are four... Read more
Breaking the Unspoken Rule
A MeToo Memory Offers HealingA MeToo memory leads a mother and daughter to connection and healing. Read more
The Challenge of Harm Reduction
Changing Attitudes Toward Addiction TreatmentUntil they’ve done the challenging and sometimes painful work in therapy, many people can’t even begin to imagine curtailing their drug use. For them... Read more
High Times in Therapy
Are We Ready to Talk Pot?Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have legalized medicinal or recreational marijuana, or both. But sizeable protests against legalization are... Read more
How Do I Get Clients to Engage in Work Between Sessions?
Five Clinicians Weigh InA therapist recommends exercises like journaling prompts and guided mediations that she feels would benefit her clients between sessions. Although they seem... Read more
Editor's Note - September/October 2019
The dimensions of the opioid epidemic are staggering, and the national conversation around drug abuse has begun to change. Today, more and more voices are... Read more
A Bridge to Recovery
A Grassroots Approach to the Opioid CrisisYears into the opioid epidemic, a journalist travels to the hardest-hit state to get an up-close look at addiction treatment and the “radically... Read more
Fighting the Epidemic
An Interview with the Author of DopesickAn interview with Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, on solution-oriented journalism and creative ways of confronting the opioid crisis. Read more
VIDEO: The Biggest Threat to Remarried Boomers
Helping Partners Deal with StepfamiliesSuccessfully combining families as part of remarriage is always challenging. But it's especially hard when older re-couplers have adult children, who may or... Read more
Excessive & Harmful Technology Use: Improve Treatment Outcomes with New Evidence-Based Strategies for the Digital Era
The modern digital world has presented a daunting therapeutic challenge. Technology is in your clients’ hands, and they’re using it daily to... Read more
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Worksheets
65+ Ready-to-Use CBT worksheets that you can reproduce and use immediately with your clients. With step-by-step directions and therapeutic explanations for... Read more
Anxiety and Panic Disorder: Expressive and Mindfulness-Based Interventions
Are you looking for new ways to help your clients combat anxiety? Do you have clients who are having difficulty identifying their triggers, or struggling to... Read more
Anxiety and Panic Disorder: Expressive and Mindfulness-Based Interventions
Are you looking for new ways to help your clients combat anxiety? Do you have clients who are having difficulty identifying their triggers, or struggling to... Read more


