Clinical Skills & Experience

By asking the right questions in therapy, we can help make the road to adulthood less lonely for high school and college-age kids. Read more

The person burdened with the decision of whether or not to end a marriage may not be the one who’s already left the marriage—emotionally or sexually. Read more

Learn how to work with narcissists, bullies, avoidants and other difficult male clients with leading expert Terry Real. Read more

This month’s selection is from Mariel Buqué’s, Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma. Read more

What happens when AI enters the therapy room? Therapist influencer Matthias Barker chats with Networker editor in chief Livia Kent. Read more

An experienced clinician shares how emerging therapists can get started in couples therapy. Read more

A therapist shows how allowing her clients to physically move their bodies in therapy helps them process their emotions. Read more

A therapist explains why it's so hard for partners to ask for what they need and how couples counseling can help. Read more

A clinical rupture becomes an opportunity to help a couple move beyond the pursue-withdraw cycle. Read more

Tapping, a simple tool for self-regulation, can be surprisingly fun and easy to teach clients. Read more

When preventing death or tragedy is no longer an option, we need to enter a radically different headspace. Read more

A look at the rise, mysteries, and controversies of Brainspotting, David Grand’s popular trauma-processing technique. Read more

The move beyond “Where do you work?” “How much do you work?” and “How’s it going?” is long overdue in couples therapy. Read more

Here are the Psychotherapy Networker magazine articles that were the most read and most loved amongst our editors. Read more

This month’s selection is from Laura Copley’s, Loving You is Hurting Me: A New Approach to Healing Trauma Bonds and Creating Authentic Connection. 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

Research shows that the bigger driver of suicide amongst veterans isn’t PTSD, but moral injury. Understanding what moral injury is and how it’s distinct... Read more

A new approach embraces the somatic wisdom and indigenous knowledge of BIPOC clients. Read more

Lofty visions of our capabilities as therapists can fuel us early in our careers, but at some point, we have to reckon with the reality that we can’t help... Read more

Are therapists equipped to support clients who want to reconnect with their spiritual faith? Read more

Does codependency pathologize our natural willingness to help those we love? Read more

A therapist and client face unexpected dangers that reveal new facets of their humanity and vulnerability. Read more

As therapists, we get to explore the mysteries of being human for a living—and to apply what we learn to our own lives. How amazing is that? Read more

Clinical experience is invaluable, but there are many unsung advantages to seeing therapists who are just starting out. Read more

This month’s selection is from Alexandra Solomon’s, Love Every Day: 365 Relationship Self-Awareness Practices to Help Your Relationship Heal, Grow and... Read more

Watch Laura Copley, PhD, LPC, author of the brand-new book Loving You is Hurting Me, to learn how to spot a “trauma bond” in your clients and five ways to... Read more

Download free worksheets from Nedra Glover Tawwab’s "Boundaries Flip Chart: A Psychological Tool to Help Clients Set Healthy Limits, Develop Fulfilling... Read more

By obscuring the truth about kids’ adaptive responses to stress, the ODD diagnosis interferes with genuine solutions and effective treatment. Read more

What if we viewed differences in how much two partners want sex as an attachment issue, not one of desire? Read more

Integrating a somatic focus into couples therapy can help partners address their deeply entrenched stuck points. Read more