
Science & Research
Exploring the evidence behind what we doVIDEO: The Building Blocks of Healthy Relationships
Stephen Porges Explains What Connection Actually Looks LikeStephen Porges, originator of the Polyvagal Theory, transformed the way we understand the underlying mechanisms of traumatic response and how safety, caring... Read more
Research or Reality?
The Flawed Science of PsychotherapyAs academic researchers continue the push for manualized, protocol-driven therapy, a psychodynamic therapist pushes back. Read more
The Myth of the Gendered Brain
What the Latest Science Tells UsA new book debunks some fundamental myths about gender. Read more
VIDEO: Building Inner Strength with Brain Science
Cultivating Positivity and Virtue in Yourself and Your ClientsAs a practicing therapist today, it’s easy to succumb to the allure of brain science, says neuropsychologist and author Rick Hanson. Mirror... Read more
VIDEO: Helping Clients Envision Personal Transformation
...While Still Validating Their PainHow do you help clients access resourceful states when they’re feeling hopeless and helpless? In this short video, trauma specialist Courtney Armstrong... Read more
Consciousness and Connection
Highlights from SymposiumIt’s hard to think of anyone who's had more influence on our field than neuropsychiatrist Dan Siegel. His far-ranging keynote proposed that the integration... Read more
Even as ketamine’s popularity continues to rise for depression treatment, it’s still fighting an uphill battle for clinical acceptance. Read more
VIDEO: Peter Levine on Trauma Treatment's "Greatest Tool"
Tapping into the Power of the BodyAccording to trauma specialist Peter Levine, the body is the therapist's greatest tool in helping clients understand and heal from a traumatic event. So... Read more
Survival Skills
Chicago Gang Members Take a Challenging LeapIn one violent Chicago neighborhood, embattled gang members see themselves as UPOWs—urban prisoners of war. To introduce them to a new set of survival... Read more
VIDEO: Dan Siegel on Embracing the Energy and Creativity of the Adolescent Mind
Why Adolescent Behavior is More Than Just Raging HormonesIn his Symposium address, Dan Siegel challenged some common myths about adolescence and suggested that the aspects of adolescence that can drive us... Read more
VIDEO: The Science of Love
Learning to Think About It in a New WayAccording to Barbara Fredrickson, a leading scholar in the field of social psychology and affective science, we have a tendency to think about love in abstract... Read more
VIDEO: Dan Siegel on Engaging Teen Clients
They're More Interested in Brain Science Than You ThinkDan Siegel knows that nobody—especially an angst-filled teenager—likes being told what to do. That’s why he takes a more roundabout approach to... Read more
Therapy’s Psychedelic Renaissance
A Different Kind of Healing JourneyIt’s been nearly 30 years since SSRIs came on the scene, but despite their ubiquity and pairing with a variety of talk- and body-centered treatments, the... Read more
Between Two Worlds
Trauma Treatment on the EdgeA clinician accustomed to treating trauma in her private practice is also an investigator of an MDMA-assisted psychotherapy research project. From this dual... Read more
Chronic Pain Reconsidered
A New Role for TherapistsOnly one percent of patients suffering from acute back pain have a significant structural abnormality in their back, and a remarkably low percentage of back... Read more
The Labels We Use
When It Comes to Addiction, Sometimes a Diagnosis is a Client's Best MotivatorThe labels we use to describe clients’ behaviors have important therapeutic implications. Sometimes using the word addiction and explaining its neurological... Read more
VIDEO: What's the Difference Between Brain and Mind? Dan Siegel Explains
The Distinctions between Neuroscience and PsychotherapyWith all the buzz about brain science, is it possible to lose sight of the mind? Dan Siegel, a pioneer in the applications of brain science to psychotherapy... Read more
VIDEO: Julie Gottman on When Partners Get Flooded
What Works in Couples TherapyThe hallmark of John and Julie Gottmans’ work is taking the rare step of actually observing the broadest sample of couples they can find, rather than relying... Read more
The Science of Togetherness
Making Couples Therapy More EffectiveDespite all the intellectual excitement it generated, the hard truth is that, so far, the systems revolution hasn’t led to very effective ways of doing... Read more
The New Frontier in Trauma Treatment?
The Promise of MDMAUsing drugs like MDMA (aka Ecstasy) may be the new frontier of trauma treatment. Read more
How to Change Minds
Reasoning Will Get You NowhereThe Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others. When it comes to truly changing minds, reasoning will get you nowhere. Read more
Ron Potter-Efron on Helping Clients with Anger Problems
"Building a Bridge" from the Old Brain to the New BrainIs it possible to overcome the typical oppositional response of a client with anger issues? According to Ron Potter-Efron, the key to working effectively with... Read more
Doorways to the Embodied Self
Eugene Gendlin and the Felt SenseEugene Gendlin and his work on Focusing and the “felt sense” left an indelible mark on modern mind–body approaches to psychotherapy. Read more
VIDEO: Dan Siegel Explains Why Brain Integration is the Key to Good Mental Health
Here's What a Healthy Mind Looks LikeAccording to Dan Siegel, understanding the connection between the brain and the miraculously various operations of the human mind and body is the first step in... Read more
Turns in the Road
Highlights from the Networker JourneyOut of all the hundreds and hundreds of articles that have appeared in the Networker over the past four decades, we’ve chosen a small sampling that captures... Read more
Responding to Extreme Trauma Symptoms
How Neuroscience Can HelpHow an understanding of the brain can inform our trauma interventions. Read more
The Power of the Unexpected
In Therapy, Both Ritual and Novelty MatterThe brain endlessly churns out predictions about what will happen next, and when it comes to therapy outcomes, these expectations matter. Read more
VIDEO: Making the Case for the Emotional Man
Pat Love Explains Why We Need to Rethink the "Empathy Gap"Have you ever wondered if some men in your practice are simply unable to listen, connect, and empathize with their partners? According to Pat Love, it’s more... Read more
Examining the Science of Torture
The Price of Coercive InterrogationA startling new book exposes how much more the military’s embrace of enhanced interrogation tactics in the war on terror was influenced by Hollywood, rather... Read more
Losing Our War on Stress
It’s time to reconsider our approachPsychologist Kelly McGonigal believes that stress isn’t the public health menace it’s usually made out to be—our compulsion to avoid it is often the... Read more