Mind

Psychiatry Has a New Hero

Awais Aftab Envisions a Humbler Approach to Mental Illness

Psychiatrist Awais Aftab has been inviting the most prominent thinkers in psychiatry to move beyond familiar narratives, embrace complexity, and change the... Read more

Confronting "Mom Guilt"

A Tool to Work Through Core Emotions

Parental guilt is often misunderstood, even by experienced clinicians. The Change Triangle can bring this tricky emotion out into the open and help people work... Read more

A Case of Disappearing Desire

Two Approaches to a Client with Commitment Issues

Sex therapist Tammy Nelson and trauma specialist Frank Anderson take different paths to empower a client struggling with intimacy. Read more

Energy Psychology's Battle for Recognition

A Growing Healing Movement vs APA's Division 12

Of all the David-and-Goliath matchups in psychotherapy, few have had as many twists and turns as the one unfolding between energy psychology and the APA’s... Read more

Confusion in Therapyland

Finding Regulation in a Dysregulated World

A fantastical journey leads an overwhelmed clinician to unexpected interactions with some of our field's leading luminaries, including Ramani Durvasula, Terry... Read more

Flip Through the Magazine

...ON YOUR E-READER!

Check out the November/December issue of the digital magazine on the browser of your favorite device—and dive in from cover to cover! Read more

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

Flip Through the Magazine!

... ON YOUR E-READER

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

Rest as Revolution

An Interview with The Nap Ministry's Tricia Hersey

Modern-day grind culture, with its roots in the profit-over-people mindset of chattel slavery, has normalized burnout as an inevitable part of life. How can... Read more

Managing the Mind to Change the Brain

How Common Myths Derail Therapy

How long does it really take to change our minds with the help of a therapist—and our brains and bodies, too? 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

4 Top Therapist Recommended Movies (Part I)

From Lost Connections to a Horse Documentary

A memorable, engaging film can be healing as well as entertaining. Here are movies four therapeutic movies prominent clinicians recommend. Read more

Jon Kabat-Zinn's New Radical Act

Recalibrating Our Relationship with Modern Mindfulness

At 80 years old, Jon Kabat-Zinn—the creator of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction—reminds us that mindfulness is more than a convenient therapeutic tool. Read more

Editor's Note: July/August 2025

Brave New Conversations on the Heart of Healing

This issue is an invitation to experience some of the most meaningful moments that happened at Psychotherapy Networker’s annual Symposium in 2025, with some... 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

Dan Siegel's Song

Teachings from the Heart of Interpersonal Neurobiology

Dan Siegel sings in public for the first time to convey what lies at the heart of interpersonal neurobiology. Read more

Flip Through the Magazine!

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

Answers to Therapy's Big, Slippery Questions

What Has Our Field Forgotten?

Tara Brach, Irvin Yalom, Eugene Gendlin, and Daniel Kahneman share answers to some of the biggest, most slippery questions therapists face. Read more

How Do We Change Bad Habits?

Getting to Know Our Mental Machinery

Daniel Kahneman, bestselling author of "Thinking Fast and Slow," explores how therapists can help clients change bad habits that cause misery. Read more

How Do We Cultivate Wonder?

Developing a Felt Sense

Eugene Gendlin, the developer of Focusing, explores the importance of moving beyond mindfulness to develop a whole body sense of a situation. Read more

How Do We End Suffering?

Spirituality, Therapy and the Middle Way

Tara Brach explores the importance of honoring clients' personal stories without getting lost in a spiritually limiting notion of the self. 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

The Ever-Shifting Norms of Psychotherapy

Four Thought Leaders on Our Evolving Field

Four thought-leaders take stock of the shifting contours of our field. Read more

Our field's foremost brain expert connects the dots between scientific advances and our field's evolving view of mental health. Read more

What is Faceblindness?

When Brain Architecture Impacts Therapy

Therapists tend to assume all their clients can visualize safe places and past experiences. But some can’t! Read more

A Global Case of Mistaken Identity

An Interview with Dan Siegel: Can Expanding Our Sense of Self Save Our World?

The way we think about connection and relationships can play a pivotal role in reverse-engineering the climate crisis— and therapists need to help. Read more

Peter Levine on Going Beyond Talk Therapy to Heal Trauma

Using Somatic Experiencing® to Tap into the Unspoken Voice of Our Bodies

Learning how to tune into the subtle shifts that are going on inside us all the time can open us to a wholeness that I call the Authentic Self. Read more

It Gets Better

'The Millennial Therapist' on Beginning a Journey to Find Yourself

Sara Kuburic, the Millennial Therapist, explains the effects of self-loss and why it's important to find yourself again. Read more