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Video March 7, 2016

VIDEO: Using Yoga to Calm the Revved-Up Client

The Yoga Breath’s Universal Application

Rich Simon interviews Amy Weintraub about the use of yoga in therapy. Read more

Magazine Issue March 1, 2016

The Mystery of Gender

Are Therapists in the Dark?
Video February 15, 2016

VIDEO: Susan Johnson on Attachment Issues in the Bedroom

How to Help Couples Have "Hold Me Tight" Conversations

In a brief video, Susan explains how to create moments of emotional sharing so deep that they automatically translate into couples' lives. Read more

Book February 1, 2016

Managing ADHD in School

Dr. Russell Barkley, internationally respected expert on ADHD, draws on his 40 years of clinical work with thousands of students, teachers and schools to... Read more

Digital Seminar January 21, 2016

Clinical & Ethical Best Practices for High-Conflict Families: Child-First Strategies for Divorce, Custody, Coparenting, and Court

Professionals in the mental health field commonly work with children and families in crisis. With over half of all marriages in the United States ending in... Read more

Article January 18, 2016

The Art of Presenting

Understanding What Your Audience Needs

Some tips on the do’s and don’ts of giving a good workshop. Read more

Article January 11, 2016

The Mystery of Eroticism

Rethinking Conventional Wisdom

Since many of us grew up in sexual silence, therapists need to ask more probing questions for good couples therapy. Read more

Article January 11, 2016

The Remarriage Triangle

Working with Later-Life Recouplers and their Grown Children

Therapists need to be prepared to go against the conventional clinical wisdom in helping later-life recouplers and stepfamilies handle the unique challenges... Read more

Article January 11, 2016

The Sex-Starved Marriage

Practical Tips for Closing the Desire Gap

In a sex-starved marriage, one spouse longs for more physical touch or sex than the other, sometimes placing the marriage at risk of infidelity and divorce. Read more

Article January 11, 2016

Who’s the Grown-Up Here?

Helping parents abandon the “buddy” system

Family physician and psychologist Leonard Sax insists that too many parents these days misunderstand the role they should play in their children’s lives. Read more

Article January 11, 2016

The Last Dance

Awakening a Mother’s Joyful Spirit

Toward the end of her life, a woman turns back the clock by performing the goofy ballet of her youth. Read more

Article January 11, 2016

Inside Hookup Culture

Are We Having Fun Yet?

On college campuses across the country, hooking up has all but replaced traditional, old-school dating rituals. With its rawness and frantic incoherence... Read more

Book January 11, 2016

Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health: A Complete Guide to the Food-Mood Connection

Exploring the connection between nutrition and mental wellness so therapists can provide more effective, integrated treatment. Diet is an essential component... Read more

Article January 11, 2016

The Dance of Sex

The Way Back to Eroticism

If you’re going to help a couple get closer and really learn to work harmoniously with one another, whether in bed or anywhere else, the key is helping... Read more

Article January 11, 2016

Losing Our War on Stress

It’s time to reconsider our approach

Psychologist Kelly McGonigal believes that stress isn’t the public health menace it’s usually made out to be—our compulsion to avoid it is often the... Read more

Article January 11, 2016

The Unspeakable Language of Sex

Why Are We Still so Tongue-Tied?

If you’re like most couples therapists, you know how to help partners communicate more clearly, handle conflict with less uproar, and connect more... Read more

Article January 11, 2016

Editor's Note - January/February 2016

I suspect that no matter how sophisticated we become about sex in the abstract, there’s some half-hidden, unacknowledged suspicion within most of us that... Read more

Article January 11, 2016

Transforming Sexual Narratives

From Dysfunction to Discovery

Therapists too often ignore the importance of the longstanding, often unconscious stories that partners carry with them into their sexual relationship. Helping... Read more

Article January 11, 2016

The Case for Porn

Porn is polarizing. Porn is confusing. Porn can be alarming. For therapists, porn can push us out of our comfort zone and trigger negative countertransference... Read more

Digital Seminar January 8, 2016

Advanced CBT Strategies for Chronic or Recurrent Depression & Anxiety

Effective strategies for relapsing clients Advanced & cutting-edge CBT techniques Case examples Join CBT expert and author, John Ludgate, Ph.D., and... Read more

Article January 6, 2016

In Search of the Big Story

Learning to Ask the Beautiful Question

David Whyte specializes in helping people make sense of their life’s journey in a way that ordinary psychology can’t. In his latest book, he uses... Read more

Book January 1, 2016

Be Mindful Card Deck for Teens

Reduce Stress, Improve Self-Care and Find Focus  Be Mindful cards offer you 50 ways to be present to your life as it is actually taking place. These... Read more

Magazine Issue January 1, 2016

Speaking of Sex

Why Is It Still So Difficult?

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Article November 19, 2015

The Secret to Helping Agitated Couples Reel in Emotional Arousal

How Oxytocin Stimulates Trust and Connection, and Helps Relationships Heal

When clients are emotionally worked up, caught in fight-flight-freeze mode, all their hard-earned skills in empathic listening and responsible (and responsive... Read more

Article November 18, 2015

Breaking the Chain of Resentment

How to Help Clients Move Past Old Wounds

How do you strike a balance between validation and empowerment in helping those afflicted with chronic resentment? Read more

Article November 18, 2015

Destigmatizing Autism

The Future of Neurodiversity

Author Steve Silberman discusses what it means to view autistic people as individuals seeing the world in a different way, rather than just a checklist of... Read more

Article November 18, 2015

Community Mental Health Today

Encompassing the Big & the Small

The promise of the community mental health movement of the 1960s, providing high-quality psychological and social services to poor families, remains unfullled... Read more

Article November 18, 2015

Who Do You Trust?

Revisiting the McMartin Preschool Case

Sometimes it can be easier to argue about witch-hunts than risk confronting the dark, unsavory reality of child abuse. Read more

Article November 18, 2015

Has CBT Lost Its Mojo?

Questions have been raised about whether the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy, the field’s most researched treatment model, has been overstated. Read more

Article November 18, 2015

Editor's Note - November/December 2015

This issue of the Networker is an attempt to explore what we can contribute as a profession to the “conversation about race,” which, as lame and ungainly... Read more