
The Larger Conversation
Ideas that stretch our cultural perspectivesThe Neurofeedback Question
100-Year-Old Miracle or Runaway Train?Many people who've tried neurofeedback say it's the closest thing therapy has to a silver bullet. So why aren't more therapists using it? Read more
Black Women and Intimate Partner Violence
When Seeking Help Isn’t SafeSeeking protection from a violent relationship is difficult enough on its own, but for Black women, the problem is compounded many times over. Read more
Terry Real Responds to Trump’s Reelection
Facing the Reality of Patriarchal DominanceThe Founder of Relational Life therapy Terry Real offers his reflections on how to make sense of Trump's reelection, and what we can do to promote an... Read more
Beliefs and Misbeliefs
Countering the Illusion of Explanatory DepthUnderstanding what's at the root of dangerous misbeliefs like conspiracy theories is the key to countering them. Read more
Discarding the Binary
Talking Sex and Gender with My Ever-Changing ChildHis generation of kids almost had to be gender- and sexuality-questioning to be cool, right? Maybe he was just mirroring what was happening around him. Read more
The Video Game Therapist
A Creative Approach to the Male Friendship CrisisMaking friends isn’t easy. But amid unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and trauma, and in the middle of what the Department of Health and Human... Read more
The Esther Perel Phenomenon
Did Mental Health Become Entertainment?Therapy is having a moment right now, with clinicians filling our social media feeds, bestseller lists, and concert halls. How did we get here? And where are... Read more
“Reservation Dogs” Redefines Time and Trauma
A Binge-Worthy Series About Indigenous HealingThe stories of four teenagers in the Muscogee Nation illustrates the power of community, myth, and spirituality in healing trauma. Read more
The Amazon Package in Your Waiting Room
Unboxing Anger as a Path to VulnerabilityA client’s anger over his therapist’s environmental choices leads to an important turning point in their work. Read more
Is Existentialism the Approach of Our Time?
Awakening to Mortality and Responsibility in TherapyA millennial therapist believes that for clients to find true freedom and meaning in the midst of crisis, we need to help them face inescapable questions about... Read more
Is Climate Change an ACE?
The Global Neglect of Our Children’s FutureHow do we empower kids in the midst of big environmental challenges? Read more
Will Space Aliens Get Therapy?
A Cosmic Perspective on HomeMaybe it’s time for therapists and planetary scientists to hang out more. Read more
Guardians of the Aquifer
Moving from Despair to AdvocacyIn the face of environmental anguish, a therapy icon turns to grassroots activism and finds hope, healing, and connection. 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
Editor's Note: September/October 2024
The Most Important Issue No One Wants to ReadIn a recent meeting with several therapists, I shared my plans for upcoming magazine issues. When I talked about exploring new perspectives on coercive... Read more
The Parentification Trap
Growing Up Too Fast as a Child of ImmigrantsHow does it impact the development of second-generation kids when their sense of self is inextricably tied to meeting the needs of parents and elders? Read more
The Dangers of a Phone-Based Childhood
Are We Protecting Kids in the Wrong Way?What happens when a whole generation of children are overprotected on the playground and underprotected online? Read more
Bringing Hope and Healing to Gaza
A Psychologist's ViewJames Gordon shares about a clinician's powerful mental health work on the frontlines of the war in Gaza. Read more
Tammy Nelson Discusses Couple and Ketamine
A New Way to Enrich RelationshipsWatch our interview with relationship expert Tammy Nelson on how ketamine is supercharging couples work. Read more
The Client No One Wants to Treat
What Happens When We Shun Pedophiles in Our PracticesAdvocates are calling on more therapists to consider how they can help people whose inclinations toward minors most of us find abhorrent. Read more
The Myth of Low Sexual Desire
Updating Our Ideas about Erotic Well-BeingGreat sex over the long term is not about how much you want sex; it’s about how much you like the sex you’re having. Read more
Does Microdosing Work?
Chasing a Therapeutic Silver BulletMore and more people are ingesting small amounts of psilocybin on a daily basis in the hope of curing everything from mild irritability to major depression... Read more
A Monogamish Love Triangle
The Painful Geometry of an Open RelationshipA botched foray into polyamory leaves a woman feeling more singularly herself. Read more
In the Weeds
The Costs of Believing the Cannabis HypeThe U.S. cannabis industry has created a market worth up to 35 billion dollars, in part by convincing the public that THC is medicinal and safe. Are the people... Read more
Prentis Hemphill: Personal Healing Meets Social Change
How Somatic Therapy Can Create a Just WorldPrentis Hemphill believes justice begins with nurturing authentic, body-based feelings, so people can embody their values and spread them throughout families... Read more
Supercharging Couples Work with Ketamine
A Doorway to Greater IntimacyThe combination of therapeutic guides, ketamine, and community can open the door to deep, long-lasting relational change. Read more
Celebrating Sue Johnson
A Tribute to a Leading Force in the FieldPsychotherapy Networker honors the memory of Sue Johnson, EFT and EFIT pioneer, with highlights from her trailblazing career. Read more
So You Want to Be Your Client's Friend
Two Therapists Discuss a Clinical TabooJoin the conversation between two therapists as they discuss the longing for friendship in the therapy room. Read more
Navigating the Male Friendship Recession
A Conversation with Mark GreeneWatch this interview with Mark Greene about why male friendships seem so difficult for men to get and how therapists can help. Read more
Editor's Note: March/April 2024
The Loneliness EpidemicThis issue aims to explore what we can do about loneliness in our therapy offices—not just for kids and young adults, but for people at any stage of life Read more