Does Sheryl Sandberg's New Book Miss the Mark on Grief?
One Expert Pushes BackBy Candyce Ossefort-Russell - I was appalled when I encountered the heavily publicized resilience book by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Option B: Facing... Read more
Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain
Discover how to increase the power of meditation and mindfulness in your clinical practice. Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain takes a practical... Read more
VIDEO: Frank Anderson on Bridging the Chasm between Psychotherapy and Psychiatry
How to Discuss Meds with Your ClientsPsychotherapists are usually on the front lines of mental health treatment, trained to spot and assess everything from changes in mood to unusual physical... Read more
Providing Ethical Behavioral Health Services to Children & Adolescents
Confidently Navigate Child-Related Ethical Issues Dealing with any ethical issue can be challenging. When it involves children or adolescents it can be... Read more
VIDEO: Susan Johnson on the Link Between Sex and Safety
How a "Secure Base" Promotes Sexual ExplorationWhat does it take to restore physical intimacy to a failing relationship? In this video clip, Susan Johnson, the originator of Emotionally Focused Couples... Read more
Being There
Inhabiting the Moment with Traumatized TeensWith traumatized adolescent clients, it’s emotion that gradually changes emotion—not rational explanation or interpretation, not snazzy techniques or... Read more
Expanding Your Expressive Range
What Therapists Can Learn from PerformersWhat therapists can learn from performers. Read more
Everyday Heroism
A Researcher Noted for Studying the Psychology of Evil Has Shifted His FocusPhilip Zimbardo, the researcher famous for shining a light on our worst authoritarian impulses, has shifted the focus of his work. Read more
The Courage to Connect
Highlights from the 2017 SymposiumYear after year, therapists have come to the Networker Symposium expecting to escape the turbulence of everyday life and the real world. But this year... Read more
A New Turn in the Road
Life at 94The life of a seemingly frail 94-year-old takes a surprising turn. Read more
When All Else Fails
Stories of Vulnerability and PossibilityThe self-assurance of expert practitioners who publicly present their work can lead everyday therapists to believe that psychotherapy is a far more predictable... Read more
The Science of Consciousness and the Future of Psychotherapy
Dan Siegel on Rising Above the Brain's LimitationsIn his 2017 Networker Symposium keynote address, neuropsychiatrist Daniel Siegel challenged the audience to move beyond the limiting concept of the “separate... Read more
Psychotherapy of the Heart
Seeing the Therapy Relationship as "Soul to Soul" Rather Than Role to RoleIn this selection from her 2017 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium Keynote address, Joan Borysenko, a pioneer in the integrated healthcare movement, emphasized... Read more
Editor's Note: May/June 2017
Thoughts on StorytellingThese days, when psychotherapy is supposed to be “evidence based” and “empirically validated,” standardized and manualized up the wazoo, therapists... Read more
The Unexplored Issues
Working with Cross-Cultural CouplesCross-cultural couples face challenges that often aren’t addressed in therapy. Read more
Battling the Opioid Epidemic in Rural America
How have the practitioners in rural communities been responding to America’s opioid epidemic? Read more
When the System Fails
Tales of the Wrongfully ConvictedThe waking-nightmare stories of people wrongfully imprisoned, often for decades, for crimes they didn’t commit expose the flaws in our criminal justice... Read more
Viktor Frankl's Classic Has Just Been Released for Young Adults!
A YA Edition Brings "Man's Search for Meaning" to a New GenerationPsychiatrist Viktor Frankl is best known for is his extraordinary first-person narrative about his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp, as told in Man’s... Read more
VIDEO: Combining Trauma Treatment with Family Therapy
Making Sure Treatment Sticks Outside the Therapy RoomFar too often, trauma survivors appear to progress in therapy and then go home and fall right back into the same old patterns of negative emotion and... Read more
Eat Right, Feel Right
Improve mood, sleep and focus with these nutrient-rich recipes and handy tips. Eat Right, Feel Right teaches you the do's and don'ts of using... Read more
Bringing Dreams into the Consulting Room
Helping Clients Awaken More Fully to the Life Around ThemBy Richard Handler - Throughout history, humans have tried to make sense of the baffling, nonlinear fleetingness of dreams. In A History of Last Night's... Read more
Demystifying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Mindful Approach to Value-Based Action
Despite the popularity of mindfulness, not all our clients want to embrace an Eastern philosophy and sit on a meditation cushion every day. Acceptance and... Read more
Children Who Bully: Strategies for Recognizing and Responding to Them
Young people who bully often master the art of blending in with the crowd, flying under an adult’s radar and wreaking havoc in subtle ways. In fact, many... Read more


