Couples | Psychotherapy Networker

Exploring Consensual Nonmonogamy

How to Help Couples Avoid Pitfalls and Enhance Their Connection

Wayne Scott

Despite a cultural environment that’s often hostile toward nonmonogamy, an increasing number of couples are considering it. How can therapists help them travel this path... Read More

Family Matters

Hunting for Harry

Can a Lost Marriage Be Retrieved?

Campbell Gregson

When losing your spouse in a bookstore helps you find perspective. Read More

Case Study

A Dog Wanders into My Session

Taking a New Direction in the Therapy Room

Alicia Muñoz & Erica Turner

A seasoned therapist discovers that the willingness to be a beginner again can sometimes have more value for clients than polished expertise. Read More

When One Partner Is Kinky...

Cracking Open the Conversation

Joe Kort

Having an erotic craving that seems shocking to a partner doesn’t have to be a death knell for a relationship. Read More

Rewriting Marriage Contracts

Fresh Options for Ambivalent Couples

Sara Schwarzbaum

The choice for ambivalent couples is no longer binary: separate or stay together. Instead, therapists can help them craft formal yet flexible agreements centered around... Read More

Dating Again in Your 70s

A Couples Therapist Joins Match.com

Carol Kramer

Even when you've spent your entire career teaching people how to have relationships, finding love is still a risky, humbling, and unpredictable process—especially when you're... Read More

Mindfulness in Gottman Couples Therapy

Susan Pollak

Here are some "hacks" to help your clients be more mindful in their relationships—using the Gottman Method. Read More

Case Study

Behind the Pursuer–Distancer Dynamic

Encouraging Men to Face Their Hidden Fears

Avrum Weiss & Alexandra Solomon

How to help men face the hidden fears that keep them stuck in unhealthy relationship patterns. Read More

Clinician's Quandary

When One Partner Won’t Budge

The Magic Wand Question, the Compliment Sandwich, and More Strategies

Psychotherapy Networker

If you’ve done couples therapy, you’ve probably run into this conundrum at one point or another: one partner simply isn’t as invested in therapy as... Read More

Practice Tools

Practice Tools

The best from across the field of psychotherapy . . . on us!

Practice Tools for the January/February 2023 issue are courtesy of Deb Dana's new book, "Polyvagal Practices: Anchoring the Self in Safety." Read More
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