Professional Development

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 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 Cost of Neglecting Therapists' Mental Health

Restructuring Our Field to Heal the Healers

Mental health professionals receive little support for their own personal healing and development. What will it take to revolutionize training programs in a... 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

Soul-Care for Therapist Entrepreneurs

A Powerful Alternative to Chasing Money on the Job

For Black therapists, can generating passive income and building generational wealth prevent them from burning out in our field? 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

Is Deepfake Therapy Out of Control?

Therapists Are Torn on AI's Latest Evolution

What is deepfake therapy, how can impact therapist's work, and why are clinicians so torn about whether or not it can help clients? 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

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

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

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

Baseline Suicidality in Neurodivergent Kids

Misunderstanding Sensory and Emotional Chaos

In misdiagnosed neurodivergent teens, suicidality may not be indicators of a desire to die but of misunderstood sensory and emotional chaos. 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 Live Our Best Life?

Facing Existential Issues in Therapy

As our field shifts away from depth psychotherapy to imparting knowledge, what are we losing in the process? 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

How to Build Your Brand as a Therapist

9 Influencers Reveal Their Unconventional Choices

Nine successful therapists reveal their most unconventional steps to branding themselves as mental health influencers. 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

The Case of the Late Client

Janina Fisher & Gabor Maté Tackle a Clinical Challenge

Two renowned experts show you how they’d work with the same 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

Why We Need a Diagnostic Revolution

Steven Hayes (ACT) on Developing a More Holistic Psychotherapy

After a moment of crisis, ACT co-founder Steven Hayes began tearing up the floorboards of our most popular diagnostic frameworks—and what he discovered was... Read more

Starting a Coaching Practice

The Benefits of Therapists Opening a Side Business

For burnt-out therapists, opening a coaching business in the right way and for the right reasons can be a reinvigorating side-gig. Read more

Are Supervisors Failing the Field?

Why Minoritized Supervisees Are Leaving

Too many minoritized supervisees are leaving the field. How do we hold on to them? Read more

Which Retirement Plan Should You Choose?

A Therapist’s Guide to 401(k)s, IRAs, and More

Therapists have multiple options when it comes to saving for retirement. From 401(k)s to IRAs and more, here's how to figure out which plans are best for you. Read more

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