ADHD Medication & Non-medication Interventions: Maximize Brain Function & Create Healthy Habits
If you’re a therapist, educator or care provider who has questions about ADHD medication… You’re not alone. Many therapists struggle to... Read more
Tigers Running Wild: Recovering from a Time of Threat
The past two years have wrought an unprecedented traumatic experience on the entire world. People have faced social isolation and threat to life from a virus... Read more
Neurology Drives Psychology in ADHD Clients: Promote Resilience, Self-Regulation & Overcome Common Roadblocks
As a therapist overcoming the impact of ADHD on your client’s mindset and self-esteem can feel impossible. These clients are often stuck in... Read more
Tuning In and Zoning Out: Engaging Dissociation
Dissociation – in simple terms, lack of awareness of the present moment; psychological absence from the `here and now’- is a complex response which... Read more
Estrangement 101: Helping Parents Reengage Their Kids
An Interview with Lori Gottlieb"Dear Therapist" columnist, podcaster, and author Lori Gottlieb talks with our editor in chief about the challenges of the parent-child relationship. Read more
ADHD Assessment for Adults: Overcome Treatment Obstacles, Identify Co-Morbidities & Resolve Diagnostic Dilemmas
When ADHD is misdiagnosed or undiagnosed it presents tremendous life challenges for your clients… Struggles at work, parenting and relationships can... Read more
The Avatar Will See You Now
An Interview on the Virtual Reality, the Metaverse, and TherapyNetworker talks with the co-founders and clinicians of Virgils, a virtual reality platform for therapists and clients. Read more
Watch Your Colleagues Get Silly!
We’ve put together a video reel of therapists sharing some of the playful moments they’ve had with clients... Read more
Crisis Response Planning (CRP) for Preventing Suicidal Behavior
The crisis response plan (CRP) is a brief intervention designed to prevent suicidal behavior in at-risk individuals. Results of a recently-completed randomized... Read more
Taming Your Amygdala
Anxiety shows up in a lot of different ways and can permeate every aspect of your life. The good news is that although it can feel confusing and overwhelming... Read more
Psychopharmacology of Trauma for Mental Health & Healthcare Professionals
You’ve seen clients and patients come in with a laundry list of medications and multiple diagnoses – PTSD, depression, anxiety and more. Whether... Read more
The CBT Workbook for Anxious Teens
Filled with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions and worksheets crafted just for teenagers, The CBT Workbook for Anxious Teens is the clinical... Read more
Practice Tools - May/June 2022
"Own Your Hooks and How They Affect You" and "Understand Your Role in the Cycle of Escalation"Handouts and worksheets are helpful ways of reinforcing therapeutic interventions, helping clients develop new skills, and kickstarting change. That’s why... Read more
Whose Mom Is It Anyway?
Learning to Love My Mother’s CaregiverA daughter’s resentment gives way to a lesson in unconditional love. Read more
De-escalating Disputes
How Therapists Can Stop Runaway ConflictExploring “high conflict” with a bigger picture in mind. Read more
Reframing Complex PTSD
Can Trauma Symptoms Be Assets?Author Stephanie Foo discusses how she and other C-PTSD survivors have learned to adapt and even thrive. Read more
When Actions Speak Louder than Words
Creating Change Through Therapeutic RitualsWhen our attempts to use logic and reason fail, therapeutic rituals can help clients connect to inner resources for healing. Read more
Embracing a Shared Retirement Vision
Helping Older Couples Make Rewarding ChoicesHelping older couples create a shared vision for their retirement years. Read more
Therapy Meets the Metaverse
A New Approach to Treating Young ClientsA firsthand look at how a new virtual reality program is taking therapy to new places. Read more
The Myth of the Individual
Tapping into the Relational BrainCurrent research indicates that we’re not walled-in, freestanding individuals. Our human brains—in fact, most mammals’ brains—are built for... Read more
The Playful Therapist
7 Clinicians Share Their Best StrategiesIn this collection, master therapists share how they’ve used humor in ways that both enliven and enrich the work of therapy. Read more
When Humor Hurts
What Lies Beneath a Couple’s JokesThe jokes many couples share reinforce their identity as an “us.” But there can be a dark side to humor in couples, too. Read more
Free Play with Neurodivergent Kids
Insights from DIRFloortimeIs there an alternative to applied behavioral analysis for children on the spectrum? Read more
Taking Play Therapy Seriously
The Surprising Journey to Widespread AcceptanceMany play therapists still find themselves having to explain what they do and why it works. But after more than a century, play therapy has finally come into... Read more