Interviews & Profiles
Q&As with therapy innovatorsRethinking PTSD
How Should We Be Defining Trauma?Amid what some are calling "an age of trauma," have we lost sight of what clinical trauma really looks like? Read more
The Love Prescription
An Interview with John and Julie GottmanIn this Networker Live event, senior editor Chris Lyford speaks with authors and relationship experts John and Julie Gottman about their latest book, The Love... Read more
Sexual Intimacy and the Aging Client
A Conversation with Dr. Regina KoeppBased on her article from our September/October issue, Dr. Regina Koepp talks about how to have "the talk" with your aging couple clients. Read more
Moving Through Grief Using Emotionally Focused Therapy
A Conversation with Leanne CampbellBased on her article in our July/August issue, EFT trainer Leanne Campbell talks about how to handle grief. Read more
Reframing Exposure Therapy
A Conversation with Dr. Jelena KecmanovicBased on her article in the September/October issue, Dr. Jelena Kecmanovic talks about exposure therapy and why therapists needn't be afraid of it. Read more
Networker sits down with Rick Hanson to discuss how to better apply the principles of neuroscience. Read more
VIDEO: Ask Me Anything with Deb Dana
Developer of Polyvagal Informed TherapyNetworker sits down with Deb Dana to discuss polyvagal theory during a live Ask Me Anything event. Read more
Coping After Tragedy
A Conversation on Collective Grief, Trauma & HealingNetworker talks with grief experts Andrea Dorn and David Kessler in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting about grief and healing as a community. Read more
The Mental Health Gym
An Interview with Emily AnhaltMindfulness apps, thought trackers, CBT courses, and the Uberization of therapy has flooded headlines. But what about psychodynamic or relational approaches... Read more
Living in the Light
Interview with Author Mary Pipher on her new memoirWe sat down with prolific author Mary Pipher for a candid discussion of the interplay of darkness and light in every life. Read more
VIDEO: Wartime Trauma Treatment
An Interview with Elaine Miller-KarasNetworker sits down with Elaine Miller-Karas about the trauma resources for individuals in wartime. Read more
Senior writer Lauren Dockett speaks with feminist author and psychologist Carol Gilligan about the future of women's reproductive rights. Read more
Ron Taffel talks with Angela Diaz, Director of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Center, on how we can tailor our interventions to meet the unique needs of our young... 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
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
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
VIDEO: Rethinking the Policy of Seclusion and Restraint
A Discussion with Mona Delahooke and Guy StephensJoin Mona Delahooke, therapist and author of Beyond Behaviors, and Guy Stephens, founder and director of the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint, for a... Read more
Getting Past You and Me
Cultivating the “Us” in Intimate RelationshipTerry Real is on a mission: leading couples into increased intimacy by moving them beyond a culture of individualism. Read more
Cognitive Processing Therapy in Action
Treating Trauma From the Top DownWhen it comes to designating best practices for treating trauma, where does the research stand? And where is the field going? Read more
Burnout and the Body
Emily Nagoski on Naming the Real EnemySelf-care has long been touted as a panacea for burnout. Emily Nagoski has a different solution. Read more
Total Liberation
A Buddhist Approach to HealingWhat would therapy look like if the focus was on liberating a client from their setbacks, rather than simply diluting their symptoms? Read more
On Turning Pain into Power
An Interview with Dr. ShefaliThe clinician and bestselling author discusses her new book and what it means to "alchemize" pain. Read more
To Interrupt Anxiety, Try Singing
An Interview with Margaret WehrenbergOver the last year and a half, therapists have been pushed to the limit listening to clients worry, ruminate, grieve, and suffer in magnified ways. And we’ve... Read more
Erv Polster on How Aging Changes Therapy
Learning to Embrace the Flow of RelationshipPSYCHOTHERAPY NETWORKER: You’re 95 now and have been retired from practice for 20 years, so you have an unusually broad perspective on how therapists... Read more
Aging Courageously
…And What Many People Who Struggle with Aging Have in CommonPSYCHOTHERAPY NETWORKER: Do you think that your experience as a therapist has given you any special insight into the challenges of... Read more
Irvin Yalom on the Possibilities of Aging
The Rewards and Challenges of Being an Older TherapistAs each of us grows older, we can try to embrace the full possibilities of aging, even alongside its challenges. That’s a genuine gift for our clients as... Read more
Creating Safety for Couples
An Interview with Imago Relationship Therapy Pioneer Harville HendrixHendrix and Helen Hunt's new book, out this spring, lays out how clinicians can use Imago to help couples focus on what the authors call the... Read more
The Angry Therapist
Transparency as a Therapeutic ToolJohn Kim believes that a therapist’s own vulnerability helps clients feel comfortable enough to bare their own souls—and he practices what he preaches. Read more
Casting a Wider Therapeutic Net
Dr. Joy on Therapy for Black GirlsThe founder of a rapidly growing online community helps young Black women candidly discuss and destigmatize mental health issues. Read more
"Networker Live" with Frank Anderson
Parenting During a PandemicThe Networker's senior writer, Lauren Dockett, sat down for a live conversation and Q&A with psychiatrist, therapist, and program consultant at the IFS... Read more













