Wrestling with Fear as a Jewish Therapist
Finding the Light in the Darkness"There’s an unfamiliar pressure around my brain that’s been building since Hamas’s attack last month. My worry isn’t just for my family, it’s for... Read more
Moral Injury: The Missing Piece in Treating Trauma
A Conversation with Jack SaulResearch shows that the bigger driver of suicide amongst veterans isn’t PTSD, but moral injury. Understanding what moral injury is and how it’s distinct... Read more
Reclaiming Black Imagination
The PRIDE Approach to HealingA new approach embraces the somatic wisdom and indigenous knowledge of BIPOC clients. Read more
Am I A Good Therapist Yet?
Reconciling Professional Ideals with RealityLofty visions of our capabilities as therapists can fuel us early in our careers, but at some point, we have to reckon with the reality that we can’t help... Read more
Spiritual Issues in Secular Treatment
When a Client Wants to Reconnect with Their FaithAre therapists equipped to support clients who want to reconnect with their spiritual faith? Read more
Action Man Meets Therapy Guy
Switching Careers in MidlifeWhen a journalist and rock climber decides to become a therapist, he embarks on a new understanding of himself. Read more
Editor's Note: November/December 2023
Practical Advice for New TherapistsA recent survey shows that fewer than half of people who graduate from therapy training programs ever make it to licensure. Why are so many emerging therapists... Read more
The Anxious Warrior
Fighting Fear with Krav MagaAn anxious mom steps out of her fortress of solitude and onto the martial-arts mat. Read more
Rethinking Codependence
An Attachment-Based Framework for CaregiversDoes codependency pathologize our natural willingness to help those we love? Read more
When a Tornado Ripped Through My Therapy Room
How My Client and I Survived DisasterA therapist and client face unexpected dangers that reveal new facets of their humanity and vulnerability. Read more
What Do Therapists Know?
Learning and Growing Alongside Our ClientsAs therapists, we get to explore the mysteries of being human for a living—and to apply what we learn to our own lives. How amazing is that? Read more
Love Letters to The Field
Supporting Our Big, Hairy, Audacious DreamsBy cultivating professional relationships across differences in ages and clinical experience, we keep each other’s big dreams alive, bridge knowledge gaps... Read more
The Heart of Gladness
Why Joy and Sorrow Need Each OtherAcclaimed poet and essayist Ross Gay considers the “wild and unboundaried solidarity” that joy can bring into our lives. Read more
Babette Rothschild on What’s Missing in Trauma Work
Choosing the Tools that Fit Your ClientAuthor Babette Rothschild reminds us that humans have recovered from trauma for thousands of years without our favorite therapy approaches. Read more
Let's Talk About Death—and Pass the Cookies
How Death Cafés Can Enrich Our LivesWhat is a death café? And why do so many people find them therapeutic? Read more
Finding Your Way As a New Clinician
Three Tips to Guide Your First SessionAfter 34 years in practice, a therapist offers advice on what to remember before seeing your first client. Read more
Gifts of the Emerging Therapist
Tapping into the Power of Starting OutClinical experience is invaluable, but there are many unsung advantages to seeing therapists who are just starting out. Read more
The Long, Lonely Trek to Licensure
Is Becoming a Therapist Harder than Ever?Many beginning therapists are burning out and leaving the field before they’re able to gain their professional footing. How can we support them better? Read more
A Supervisor Finds a New Path
An out-of-the-box idea from two enterprising college students reignites the passion of a former supervisor. Read more