Trauma

Can Communities Heal Intergenerational Trauma?

How 14 Grandmothers Inspired a Mental Health Revolution

One psychiatrist and 14 grandmothers in Zimbabwe access a vital, untapped resource for providing mental health support. 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

A therapist, author, and longtime contributor to Psychotherapy Networker reflects on our field's entrenched reluctance to name and discuss issues of race and... Read more

A renowned trauma expert tracks the historical contours of our culture's ambivalent relationship with trauma—and shares his hopes for the field. Read more

The Shocking Treatment That Never Went Away

The Story of ECT—and Its Newer, Safer Alternatives

Treating depression with electricity or magnets may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but it’s currently at the center of a raging debate. 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

Autism Under Attack 

Autism Isn't Spreading, Misinformation Is

Misinformation about autism harms families, undermines progress, and diverts attention away from evidence-based practices that prevent neurodivergent burnout. Read more

Do I Have to Forgive to Heal?

Examining the Role of Forgiveness in Trauma Recovery

What does it mean to forgive, anyway? And do trauma survivors really need to forgive their abusers in order to heal? Read more

Body Grief

How Do We Trust Our Changing Bodies?

In the wake of a chronic illness, a body image advocate challenges toxic narratives about what it means to have a healthy body. 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

The Wilderness Therapy Controversy

Lifelong Trauma or Lifesaving Treatment?

An unflinching look into a shadowy corner of the for-profit troubled teen industry: wilderness therapy. Read more

The Transgender Community in Crisis

Confronting the Political Erasure of Trans and Nonbinary Identities

The impact of a series of executive orders targeting trans and nonbinary people has been immediate and devastating. How can therapists help? Read more

Healing a Lifetime of Neurodivergent Trauma

Accommodation, Validation, and Autistic Attunement

For many Autistic people, the trauma they carry is a result of society treating them like broken neurotypicals. Neuro-affirming care begins with providing... Read more

Reimagining God in Therapy

When a Parent’s Critical Voice Is Almighty

Creating a safe space for clients to slowly re-evaluate some core religious teachings they’ve absorbed can be delicate and clinically necessary work. Read more

Three Blocks to Processing Trauma

Getting to the Pain Behind Spiritual Bypass

How do you navigate toxic positivity, and other forms of spiritual bypass, when it’s a block to processing trauma? Read more

Treating the Trauma in Religious Trauma

Body-Based Healing for Faith-Based Harm

High-control religions can disconnect people from themselves—and somatic therapies are the key to helping them heal. Read more

5 Therapy Trends to Watch in 2025

The Future of Diagnosis, Trauma Treatment, Psychedelics, and More

These hot takes from Steve Hayes, Nadine Burke Harris, Ruth Lanius, and others will keep you informed and prepared for what's changing in the field of... Read more

“Reservation Dogs” Redefines Time and Trauma

A Binge-Worthy Series About Indigenous Healing

The stories of four teenagers in the Muscogee Nation illustrates the power of community, myth, and spirituality in healing trauma. Read more

Love, Loss & Retraumatization

Preventing PTSD in Grief

A personal experience of excruciating loss becomes a hard lesson in the neuroscience of grief. Read more

Is Climate Change an ACE?

The Global Neglect of Our Children’s Future

How do we empower kids in the midst of big environmental challenges? Read more

Facing the Past as a Parent

How Our Worst Moments Can Stop Intergenerational Trauma

For one trauma therapist, parenting turned out to be the ultimate trial by fire—and a path to healing and wholeness. Read more

An Autobiography of Trauma

The Developer of Somatic Experiencing Releases His Own “Body Memory”

When the world-renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing begins feeling persistent disturbing sensations come up from childhood, he realizes it’s time to... Read more

Bringing Hope and Healing to Gaza

A Psychologist's View

James Gordon shares about a clinician's powerful mental health work on the frontlines of the war in Gaza. Read more

Bessel van der Kolk: 'There's More to Life than Trauma'

The Question You Should Be Asking In Session

From his Symposium workshop, Bessel van der Kolk singles out the one question therapists should be asking their traumatized clients. Read more

The Dual Nature of Trauma Bonding

Beyond Abuser and Victim

Partners who associate love and intimacy with the painful family dynamics of their formative years can get stuck in a familiar bond that’s hard to shake... Read more

How Can a Ghost Story Help Us Heal from Trauma?

Excavating Unspoken Conversations

Director Andrew Haigh’s haunting film All of Us Strangers lays bare the critical role of imagination in healing from traumatic loss. Read more

Practice Tools: March/April 2024

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

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

A New Take on Trauma with Frank Anderson

How the Psychotherapist is Making Healing Accessible

Learn more about leading trauma expert Frank Anderson and how he's taking his insight and expertise to new places. Read more

Janina Fisher explores how to help your clients heal the parts of self-hatred and treat attachment trauma. Read more

Beyond Cancer

A Story of Resilience, Growth, and Mental Health

A therapist reflects on her cancer journey and what her diagnosis meant for not only the rest of her life but also her mental health. Read more