Clinical Skills & Experience

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The Year That Reshaped Therapists

Editor's Note: November/December 2025

This year has felt different. There's been a lot of dysregulation in the air, and therapists are feeling it alongside their clients. Why are we feeling so... Read more

The Adoption Crisis No One Wants to Name

How Adoptee Mentorship Can Save Lives

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

What Therapy Demands—and Gives Back

How Healing Happens on Both Sides of the Room

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

When DNA Testing Rewrites Your Story

Processing Unexpected Genetic Discoveries in Therapy

Genetic testing has led to shocking "DNA discoveries"—secrets unburied, followed by pain, grief, and trauma. Here's how therapists can help. Read more

Embracing Selfish Forgiveness

How to Help Clients Release a Grievance Story

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

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... ON YOUR E-READER

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

An Hour with Irv Yalom

Changing Lives in a Single Session

In his late 80’s, as Irv Yalom’s memory began to flag, he offered one-time consultations to new clients—and still made an impact. Read more

Why All Therapists Can (and Should) Ask About Sex

Tips for Bringing Up a Touchy Subject

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

The Turmoil Therapists Carry Alone

Facing the APES in Our Field

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

The Truth about Autistic Burnout

Regaining Homeostasis in a Neurotypical World

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

The Rock & Roll Sabbatical

Rethinking Time Off from Your Practice

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

The Case of the Busy Client

Two Approaches to Anxiety When Time is Scarce

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

The Empathy Dial

Recalibrating Your Inner Resources

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

The Burnout Epidemic

Editor's Note: September/October 2025

Over the past few years, I found myself burning out on the whole problem of burnout. Then I came across The Nap Ministry. Read more

Escaping the Certainty Trap

How to Value Confusion as a Therapist

As therapists, we work hard to stay one step ahead of bad outcomes in session. But what if our real work is about embracing uncertainty alongside our clients? Read more

Humor in Trauma Work

Making Space for Our Whole Selves in Therapy

Healing doesn’t always start with crying. Sometimes it begins with a snort-laugh in a quiet office. Read more

The Autism vs Narcissism Confusion

Clarifying Dangerous Misconceptions Affecting Couples Today

Dr. Ramani Durvasula and Kory Andreas discuss why autism and narcissism are often misconstrued in intimate relationships. Read more

Ken Hardy on Racial Reactivity Today

A Clinical Tool for Navigating Defensiveness, Anger & Hopelessness

Ken Hardy has been presenting workshops on racial reactivity for over 30 years. What's different now? Read more

The Vulnerability Junkie

A Fresh Look at the Pursuer-Distancer Dynamic

We're all familiar with the pursuer-distancer dynamic, but are therapists missing the mark when it comes to helping withdrawers connect? Couples therapist... Read more

Embodied Healing in a Disembodied World

Metabolizing Intergenerational Trauma & Collective Grief

Linda Thai takes a holistic approach to healing from trauma, addiction, and attachment wounding—one that includes reverence for our bodies, nature, and time... Read more

When Grief Is a Soft, Grey Animal

Megan Devine & Leanne Campbell Reveal Unlikely Paths to Healing

Grief expert Megan Devine & EFT trainer Leanne Campbell help a fulfilled, successful, father-to-be explore his persistent grief over the loss of his cat. Read more

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Brave New Conversations on the Heart of Healing

Experience some of the most meaningful moments that happened at Psychotherapy Networker’s annual Symposium in 2025, with some of the premiere thought leaders... Read more

IFS Made Simple for Clients

Moving From "What's Wrong with Me?" To "What Do I Need?"

IFS becomes more accessible when we translate psychological jargon into universal experiences of need and care. Read more

Baseline Suicidality in Neurodivergent Kids

Misunderstanding Sensory and Emotional Chaos

In misdiagnosed neurodivergent teens, suicidality may not be an indicator of a desire to die but of misunderstood sensory and emotional chaos. Read more

Dive into the Digital Magazine!

The Hidden Dangers to Your Practice

Psychotherapy Networker has won awards not only for its insightful articles, but for its beautiful design. Want to flip through the pages of the latest issue? Read more

Editor's Note: May/June 2025

Exploring Therapy's Shifting Boundaries & Ethical Sinkholes

This issue aims to draw attention to underlying forces having a big effect not only on the individual practices of on-the-ground therapists, but on the... Read more

The Case of the Late Client

Janina Fisher & Gabor Maté Tackle a Clinical Challenge

Gabor Maté and Janina Fisher show you how they’d work with the same late client in Psychotherapy Networker’s version of The Gloria Tapes. Read more

Medical Professionals Need Intensive Care

When Feelings are Seen as a Job Hazard

How can therapists help medical professionals process difficult experiences when their profession demands stoicism and invulnerability? Read more

So You Wanna Be a Life Coach?

The Legal & Ethical Risks to Your Therapy Practice

More and more therapists are using life coaching as a workaround to the challenges of cross-state practice—but doing so can have serious consequences. Read more