Leaving A High Demand, High Control Religion
What Is a Therapist’s Role?Therapists are well equipped to support clients ending unhealthy relationships, but what about the clients looking to end a relationship with an... Read more
Death and a Lifelong Love
Bracing for a Future without MarilynA psychotherapy icon grapples with the imminent death of his wife as she moves from palliative care to hospice care. Read more
Will I Survive My Therapist’s Retirement?
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do...When it comes time for your therapist to retire, hope like hell that it's not right after your marriage ends and your mother dies. Read more
A Reimbursement Dream Realized
With New Law, 33 Years of Advocacy Finally Pays OffThe passage of the Mental Health Access Improvement Act—the product of more than three decades of advocacy—is a historic moment that removes a significant... Read more
Preparing for the End of Therapy
A Walk into the UnknownRegardless of your expertise or advanced degree, client terminations can derail you at any time. So why don't we do a better job of planning for them? Read more
The Divorce Announcement
A Conscious Approach to Moving ForwardHow can therapists help divorcing clients share a message that conveys hope and healing? Maybe it's time to counter the divorce-as-catastrophe trope that runs... Read more
Sitting Down with Nedra Glover Tawwab
Flexible Boundaries and Drama-Free RelationshipsA new kind of social media and psychotherapy influencer challenges the common cultural misconception that toxic people should be cut out of our lives, no... Read more
Editor's Note: January/Feburary 2023
Exploring Beginnings and Endings in TherapyWelcome to the start of 2023—and the end of good ol’ 2022. Or maybe not so good? However we may feel about it, it’s over and done. Read more
January/February 2023: Creating Better Endings: Nedra Glover Tawwab Re-Envisions Boundaries
This issue confronts the sticky challenges of endings, as well as the unexpected openings they may offer. In an interview with bestselling author and... Read more
The Best and Beloved Stories from 2022
Our Staff Picks from a Year of Psychotherapy NetworkerIn this year-end review, the staff of Psychotherapy Networker shares the articles and interviews that most resonated with readers and authors in 2022. Read more
What Stepmothers Are Stepping Into
How remarried families can reexamine their roles. Read more
Nutrition and Trauma, Part 1: Using Food to Accelerate Recovery for PTSD, Complex Trauma, and TBI
Psychologically and physically traumatized individuals benefit from nutritional support to counteract the effects on the body of extreme stress, yet food is... Read more
Nutrition and Trauma, Part 2: Protocols and Practices for PTSD, Complex Trauma, and TBI
Food, dietary supplements, herbs, and spices can play an important role in healing for traumatized clients but are often left out of treatment strategies. In... Read more
Therapists in the Kitchen: Integrating Nutrition into Your Mental Health Practice
Your client’s dietary habits are relevant to your clinical work with them, but where do you begin? In this recorded session, you’ll get a template... Read more
Food and Mood: Nutrition Tips for Better Emotional and Mental Health
Nutrition is a valuable yet often missing piece of improving emotional and mental health. The average person dealing with low mood or anxiety isn’t aware... Read more
Ditching Diets: How to Work with Clients using Intuitive Nutrition and Functional Foods
Many clients find diets to be restrictive, difficult to follow or require sensitivity due to previous eating disorders or obsessions. How can you help these... Read more
High Risk Clients: Effective Clinical Interventions for Client Emergencies Related to Suicide, Substance Abuse Disorder, Violence & More
Crises are never scheduled, convenient or easy. But they do happen and you will face them. Clients at risk for crisis often present with so many symptoms and... Read more
High Risk Clients: Effective Clinical Interventions for Client Emergencies Related to Suicide, Substance Abuse Disorder, Violence & More
Crises are never scheduled, convenient or easy. But they do happen and you will face them. Clients at risk for crisis often present with so many symptoms and... Read more
Racial and Generational Trauma: Evidence-based Somatic Interventions for BIPOC Clients
Increased hate crimes. Fear and discrimination. Police brutality and traumatic media coverage. Higher rates of mental and physical health disorders. Just... Read more
ACEs and Trauma in Students: Identification and Reponses
Students who have experienced trauma often present as difficult to engage and display problematic behavior such as a low frustration tolerance, angry... Read more
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for PTSD: Skills to Ground Clients, Decrease Triggers and Improve Emotion Regulation
DBT transforms the way you do therapy – moving you from a change-based model to one of skill-based learning. And applying a DBT approach to trauma... Read more
Racial and Generational Trauma: Evidence-based Somatic Interventions for BIPOC Clients
Increased hate crimes. Fear and discrimination. Police brutality and traumatic media coverage. Higher rates of mental and physical health disorders. Just... Read more
Racial Trauma: Effective Interventions and Options for Treatment
Race-based stressors can leave BIPOC clients overwhelmed with fear, anxiety, hopelessness, and emotional exhaustion. The raw pain and trauma of each experience... Read more
Family Trauma Treatment: Teach Caregivers to Respond to Trauma Driven Behaviors
In the community health setting you frequently work with parents who aren’t prepared to deal with the trauma responses of children and adolescents. And... Read more
The Unified Protocol: Transdiagnostic CBT Treatment of Co-occurring Anxiety, Depressive, and Related Disorders
When you work in community mental health your caseloads are diverse. Clients have any number of conditions, and more often than not, more than one at the same... Read more
Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence: Screening, Assessments and Safety Planning
All clinicians are likely to encounter domestic and intimate partner violence at some point in their practice. And if you fail to recognize the abuse and... Read more
Culturally Affirming Practices for Whole Person Treatment
Effective treatment focuses on the whole person. The thoughts, behaviors and sufferings of your clients are intimately connected to the social and cultural... Read more