Clinical Practice & Guidance

It can be embarrassing and a little scary when we find ourselves attracted to a client. What’s the best way to handle this surprisingly common clinical... Read more

Here are six hot takes on what’s in store for clinicians in 2026, from Matthias Barker, Linda Thai, Chinwé Williams, and more. Read more

Poetry has the power to move clients and therapists from cognition to resonance—and support rapid transformation. Read more

Many clients misuse clinical terms to win arguments and avoid blame. How do we support them without invalidating them? Read more

AEDP developer Diana Fosha and addictions specialist Claudia Black reveal how they’d work with a client with a trauma history struggling in a new... Read more

If therapists can become culturally competent in the world of dating apps, exploring our clients’ profiles is an opportunity to deepen therapy. Read more

As a field, in our efforts to be neutral and nurturing, have we been unwittingly recreating the culture’s individualistic bias? Read more

Embracing friendship therapy as fully as we do couples or family therapy might help us shift friendship to its rightful place of clinical importance. Read more

Check out the January/February issue of the digital magazine on the browser of your favorite device—and dive in from cover to cover! Read more

Therapists working with adolescents and teens don't need to be fluent in Gen-Alpha slang: they need to be curious without being theatrical. Read more

A few focused, well-timed decisions can help therapists meaningfully reduce their tax liability and ease the transition into next year. Read more

For adult children of addicts who've distanced themselves from their painful pasts, interventions that require them to show rather than tell can be... Read more

Many therapists confuse sacrifice with service. But when the impulse to care crosses into self-abandonment, no one wins. Read more

Parental guilt is often misunderstood by clinicians. The Change Triangle can bring this tricky emotion out into the open and help people work through it. Read more

Sex therapist Tammy Nelson and trauma specialist Frank Anderson take different paths to empower a client struggling with intimacy. Read more

Across all our therapeutic modalities, there are elements that most effectively create change. What do these elements have in common, and how can you integrate... Read more

Of all the David-and-Goliath matchups in psychotherapy, few have had as many twists and turns as the one unfolding between energy psychology and the APA’s... Read more

Check out the November/December issue of the digital magazine on the browser of your favorite device—and dive in from cover to cover! Read more

Discover the most popular stories and clinical insights voted on by readers and published in Psychotherapy Networker in 2025. Read more

When it comes to adoption, families need preparation that's trauma-informed and racially literate. Read more

In therapy, healing is a living process that happens in real time through the courage to stay present and the therapeutic alliance. Read more

Decades later, a psychotherapist returns to summer camp, this time as an employee, and discovers the true meaning of growth and community. Read more

When we’re tormented by resentment toward someone we believe has wronged us, forgiveness can be a form of self-care. Read more

Discover surprising antidotes to therapist burnout and fresh perspectives on healing in the midst of grind culture. Read more

Asking a client about sex doesn’t need to feel intimidating or awkward—but it is important for all therapists to do. Read more

When it comes to processing work-related trauma, therapists are often isolated, shamed, and hamstrung by the guidelines meant to protect clients. Read more

On the surface, autistic burnout may present like depression in neurotypical clients, but treatment is considerably different. Read more

In the midst of a busy clinical practice, it’s hard to imagine taking a vacation, much less a long sabbatical. But with the right plan and support, not only... Read more

Anxiety specialist Lynn Lyons and psychologist Lindsay Gibson share unexpected approaches to working with an overwhelmed, time-starved client. Read more

It seems counterintuitive that modulating empathy could benefit clients, but when your profession involves caring for others, it can help you maintain... Read more