Anxiety & Depression

What do therapy and comedy have in common? Therapist and comedian David Granirer has spent over two decades helping aspiring stand-up comics—many in... Read more

The mindful practice of birding can help us find balance in challenging times. Read more

Opening up to the realities of climate change means opening up to feeling threatened. But while the situation is worse than many of us know, it’s also better... Read more

In the last few decades, pets who offer company and calm have become therapeutic tools to help people manage their mental health. Read more

"There’s an unfamiliar pressure around my brain that’s been building since Hamas’s attack last month. My worry isn’t just for my family, it’s for... Read more

After this experience, I knew I needed to share what I’d learned with my clients, and soon afterward decided to get training to become a ketamine-assisted... Read more

Many therapists don't realize that treating depression or anxiety generally isn't the same as treating these mood disorders in the perinatal period. Read more

In this Networker Live event, editor in chief Livia Kent talks with author Lynn Lyons, LICSW, about anxiety and families. Read more

Based on her article in our July/August issue, EFT trainer Leanne Campbell talks about how to handle grief. Read more

Psychologist Elizabeth Allured is helping therapists and their clients contend with anxieties about the world’s climate crisis. Read more

Suicidal ideation among teens is overlooked, understudied, and sometimes even willfully ignored. Read more

Yale researcher Becca Levy discusses how our beliefs about aging affect our wellbeing, regardless of age. Read more

When senseless tragedy turns a child's world upside down, parents are looking for mental health support for the whole family. Read more

Author Karen Kleiman argues that postpartum distress is normal—and should be normalized more in our society. Read more

Most therapies are missing out on a fundamental tool for healing when they ignore the power of feeling playful embodiment with others. To help our clients grow... Read more

Being an expert in your method is only part of the work. Sometimes our clients need us to go beyond administering a protocol. Read more

Encouraging anxious clients to face their fears is widely accepted as the gold-standard approach for treating anxiety-related disorders, including OCD. But a... Read more

When the pandemic first struck, I was concerned about its impact yet able to handle the anxiety about infection pretty well. After all, managing anxiety is my... Read more

For a few years now, I’ve worked with groups around the world to address collective trauma. Our focus is usually on something that had happened elsewhere and... Read more

What can we do in the face of our current crisis? There are no clear answers or easy fixes. As providers, we must endeavor to do what we teach our patients: in... Read more

Andrew has started showing symptoms of OCD. He’s struggled with anxiety for a while, but the pandemic seems to have been a tipping point for him. His... Read more

Many grief specialists talk about helping clients finding meaning after loss. But often, loss feels meaningless. One therapist working with grieving clients... Read more

Self-care has long been touted as a panacea for burnout. Emily Nagoski has a different solution. Read more

Meditation is generally considered one of the safest practices for our clients. But one organization says that’s not always the case. Read more

Therapists need to consider not only what diagnosis to give, but also the pain or hardship that can result from sharing it with a client. Read more

Integrating art therapy tools into your practice doesn’t have to be complicated, nor does it require artistic skill from you or your client. Read more

Are rage rooms a passing fad? Or a symptom of a larger issue? Read more

A long-term client leads a therapist to discover that maybe the hard way is how we learn best. Read more

A client has a lot of regret about past decisions he’s made, and although his therapist has talked with him about them at length, the client still can't seem... Read more

The clinician and bestselling author discusses her new book and what it means to "alchemize" pain. Read more