Couples | Psychotherapy Networker

Case Study

The Remarriage Triangle

Working with Later-Life Recouplers and their Grown Children

Patricia Papernow & William Doherty

Therapists need to be prepared to go against the conventional clinical wisdom in helping later-life recouplers and stepfamilies handle the unique challenges they face. Read More

The Mystery of Eroticism

Rethinking Conventional Wisdom

Esther Perel

It’s long been the conventional wisdom among couples therapists that if couples fix the emotional issues in their relationship, their sexual lives will improve. However... Read More

The Secret to Helping Agitated Couples Reel in Emotional Arousal

How Oxytocin Stimulates Trust and Connection, and Helps Relationships Heal

Linda Graham

When clients are emotionally worked up, caught in fight-flight-freeze mode, all their hard-earned skills in empathic listening and responsible (and responsive) speaking go out the... Read More

Lessons from the Love Lab

The Science of Couples Therapy

John Gottman & Julie Gottman

The pioneers who birthed couples and family therapy never paused to scienti cally study the relationships they treated. Now, after systematically observing and doing therapy... Read More

Pornography on the Rise: A Growing Mental Health Problem

Wendy Maltz on the Need to Address Porn Addiction as a Public Health Threat

Wendy Maltz

Nearly 40 million Americans visit Internet porn sites at least once a month. Not surprisingly, concerns about the effect of porn on individuals and relationships... Read More

Reflections on the Divorce Revolution

Assessing Our Impact

William Doherty

Are you a therapist that's "marriage friendly?" It's the inclination towards helping clients in good relationships stay together. Read More

Case Study

The Challenge of Open Relationships

Can They Ever Work?

Rick Miller

While many therapists are skeptical of open relationships, some believe that, with the right couple, they can work. Read More

The Intentional Divorce

Helping Couples Let Go with Dignity

Tammy Nelson

The therapist's job is to help client couples close one door and open another. Read More

Rowing to Nowhere

When is Enough Enough?

Terry Real

A therapist shares how to walk with a client couple through to their divorce and then let them go. Read More

Editor's Note

Rich Simon

At this moment in history, we seem to be in a divorce-busting mode, relatively speaking, and so fewer therapists are likely to tacitly encourage divorce... Read More
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