The Grieving Therapist
Take a Break, or Keep Going?What practical guidance can you offer a therapist whose personal grief is so deep that she's finding it hard to stay present for clients? Six clinicians weigh... Read more
Rhythm Guitar
Stepping Out of a Big Brother's ShadowFinding harmony in a difficult sibling relationship. Read more
IFS and Chronic Pain
Listening to Inner Parts that Hold the HurtIf most chronic pain is maintained by complex mind–body interactions, how can therapists help treat it? Read more
Editor's Note - January/February 2021
Part of honoring our founder and longtime editor, Rich Simon, who passed away in November, has been to complete this issue, which explores how our current... Read more
Sharing Our Expertise with a Wider Community
Scaling Up Mental HealthPsychologist Ali Mattu is on a mission to bring therapeutic principles to the mainstream. Read more
A Turning Point for Caregivers
Discussing the Hidden Impacts of the PandemicOur current caregiving crisis is a societal failure, not the result of one family’s shortcomings. Read more
Bridging the Gap
School–Therapy Collaboration in Trying TimesAlthough 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
Gender-Affirmative Therapy
Helping Transgender Clients Begin Their JourneyThe key elements of gender-affirmative therapy for clients who are medically or socially transitioning. Read more
Beyond Normal
Our Evolving Attitudes Toward Mental IllnessA new book examines how different cultures view mental illness and the stigma that persists in America. Read more
Families Under Pressure
Helping Relieve Today’s Parents & KidsThe 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
Robots in the Therapy Room?
“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
The Black Youth Suicide Epidemic
Confronting Misconceptions and InequitiesSelf-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
A Field Day for OCD?
Helping Kids Stay GroundedIn this genuinely hazardous COVID-19 environment, how can therapists help kids and families reject their OCD safety rituals? Read more
The Transformative Power of Loss
Helping Clients Cope with Aging and GriefFacilitating bereavement support groups for aging clients. Read more
Reaching “Unreachable” Teens & Tweens
12 Tips to Get You in the Side DoorBuilding 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
On the Death of My Friend Rich Simon
A Reflection on Bipolar Disorder and SuicideDan 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
"Networker Live" with Deb Dana
The Polyvagal Theory in ActionLast month, the Networker's director of CE, Zach Taylor, hosted therapist, author, and polyvagal specialist Deb Dana for the inaugural installment of... Read more
Esther Perel on Adapting to Uncertainty
And How Relationships Are Changing in a PandemicThere’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