First Person

Even for seasoned writers, being edited by Rich wasn't an easy process, but it led them to the murky, half-buried thing waiting below the surface—the thing... Read more

Almost 20 years ago, an editorial experience writing about a racial trauma at the hands of police resulted in a lasting friendship and an article that... Read more

The legacies of extraordinary people we’ve lost invite us to embrace the examples they’ve left behind. But how exactly do we do it? Read more

Our soul and our psyche know how to grieve. We don't need to learn it. It's not a technique. What we need to learn is not to avoid it. Read more

Sharing how Rich Simon impacted our lives—and the field as a whole. Read more

This issue explores how our current pandemic reality is affecting kids and their caregivers. Read more

Finding harmony in a difficult sibling relationship. Read more

Dan Siegel, author and cofounder of the Mindsight Institute, was a close friend of Networker editor Rich Simon for over two decades. Rich's family has asked... Read more

How do you work with a client who intentionally tries to break every rule of therapy, spoken and implicit? Read more

Refusing to be defined by others can sometimes require an unexpected catalyst. Read more

The overwhelming shift to teletherapy this year represents the first wave of a sea change in the field of therapy—nothing less. We’ll need to marshal all... Read more

The pandemic has showed us just how much our clients need us—and how much we need to tend to ourselves. For some therapists, this has meant reimagining their... Read more

In my years of working with myself and my clients around self-care, I’ve learned that there is no such thing as perfect self-care. Instead, I’ve found... Read more

The ordinary moments of life reveal the true wonders of a mother–daughter relationship. Read more

The story of a miscarriage is often about crushed hope, but it can also bring unexpected possibility. Read more

The therapist’s office is a zone of creative adventure and unpredictability, where the most powerful moments often come out of the blue. Read more

Lessons for a parent in fear and safety. Read more

Some clients in quarantine with their families report a constant feeling of being out of control. That danger lurks around the corner of every family... Read more

A clinician who's spent almost two years doing online couples therapy shares the tips and strategies she's found especially helpful. Read more

The stories in this issue are notable not only for their therapeutic wisdom, but also for their authors’ capacity to connect with us in a time of... Read more

Finding hope in a hopeless situation. Read more

When we can acknowledge the dark forces that reside within us. Read more

When a mother and daughter are cut from different cloths, can they still hang in the same closet? Read more

Something’s afoot in the therapy world, and some clinicians will surely wrinkle their brows at it. Although it comes in various forms, the catchiest term for... Read more

When a loved one dies, it’s easy to get stuck in your pain. But if you can find meaning in even the most senseless loss, you can do more than just get... Read more

What are the signs that it’s finally time for a therapist to stop seeing clients? Read more

How our family lineages weave a connection of giving and taking and giving again. Read more

Among the first to fully realize that humans have an innate psychophysiological capacity for overcoming trauma, Peter Levine developed Somatic Experiencing, a... Read more

Couples therapist Susan Johnson explains how, by establishing a "secure base," to restore both an emotional and physical spark in a relationship. Read more

Each therapist who becomes seriously ill faces a weighty choice between silence and disclosure with clients. Read more