5 Behaviors that Rebuild Trust After Infidelity
Because Proof You've Changed Can't Regulate a Nervous SystemBetrayed partners don’t need perfect apologies. Their nervous systems need a pattern. Read more
Treating the Affair Partner
How to Help the Overlooked Third in the Infidelity TriangleIt’s easy to dismiss or villainize the affair partner. But when they bring their unique experience into the room, do you know what to do? Read more
The Future of Affairs
Thirds, Therapists, and AI InfidelityThe landscape of infidelity has shifted dramatically—what will it take for our clinical thinking to catch up? Read more
Treating Clients Who Share Your Own Diagnosis
How to Navigate Empathy and Ethical PitfallsThe same diagnosis that makes you uniquely attuned to a client may also make you vulnerable to crossing ethical boundaries. Read more
Facing Our Field's History of Infidelity Treatment
What's Cringey? What's Compelling?Four decades of nuggets from our archives trace how our field’s thinking about affairs has evolved—and remind us to hold today’s certainties a little... Read more
Scott Galloway's Message for Men—Through a Therapist's Lens
What "Notes on Being a Man" Can Offer Your ClientsA marketing professor’s bestselling book has a valuable message for struggling young men—and their therapists. Read more
Passive Suicidality & the Jovial Client
Two Clinicians Respond to Subtle Suicidal Ideation in a First SessionTwo takes on handling suicidality skillfully from the first intervention. Read more
Childhood Emotional Neglect
Treating the Wound That Leaves No ScarPsychologist Jonice Webb—who named childhood emotional neglect—shares how to spot it, treat it, and help clients transform it. Read more
What is Relational Restlessness?
The Hidden Force Behind Couples' DisconnectionYour couples may not be falling out of love—they may be falling out of alignment. Read more
Tapping into Trauma
Energy Psychology Goes MainstreamEnergy psychology—especially Emotional Freedom Techniques, or tapping—is gaining traction as a fast-acting, evidence-backed, somatic therapy that reduces... Read more
Why You Owed on Your Taxes This Year
...And How to Avoid This Next YearIf you're a therapist who works in private practice and you were surprised to owe taxes this year, you're not alone! Here's what happened—and how to avoid... Read more
The Self-Doubt Habit in Parenting
How Childhood Shapes the Way We Trust OurselvesWhy do so many parents struggle with trusting themselves, and how can we help them conquer self-doubt? Read more
Advancing Motivational Interviewing
Move your motivational interviewing skills from theory to real life. As a mental health provider, you’re familiar with the spirit of motivational... Read more
When the Room Becomes Your Co-therapist
Adventures in Synchronicity, Enactment, and Reparative ImaginationWhen therapists stay open to synchronicities, the world becomes an unlikely collaborator in healing. Read more
The Limits of Trauma Work
Love Is Not EnoughAs a field, we're adept at healing injuries. But what are we doing to prevent injuries from occurring in the first place? Read more
Couples Therapy in the Digital Age
Help couples strengthen their relationship – both online and off. Everyday digital behaviors – like frequent phone use, social media scrolling... Read more
The Couples' Work We Weren't Trained For
Grief, Resilience, and Intimacy in Long-Term LoveA seasoned couples therapist discovers an overlooked stage of love our field may have missed. Read more
