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Treating Systemic Trauma in the African American Community
A Conversation with Dr. Jennifer PayneJoin Networker’s Anna Lock and Jennifer Payne, Ph.D, LCSW, author, research scientist, and clinician as they discuss how Dr. Payne works to culturally tailor... Read more
How Do I Make Therapy Stick?
Creating a Vision, Building Momentum Between Sessions, and MoreSure, your clients may find therapy helpful. But do they find it memorable? How can we get clients to retain all the wonderful information they learn in... Read more
A Script for Male Dementia Caregivers
Helping a Husband Be More Than a 'Pillar of Strength'Many spousal dementia caregivers struggle emotionally watching their life partners slowly decline. But I also knew that male caregivers, especially spouses... Read more
The Love Prescription
An Interview with John and Julie GottmanIn this Networker Live event, senior editor Chris Lyford speaks with authors and relationship experts John and Julie Gottman about their latest book, The Love... Read more
Breaking the Generational Cycle of Worry in Families
An Interview with Lynn LyonsIn this Networker Live event, editor in chief Livia Kent talks with author Lynn Lyons, LICSW, about anxiety and families. Read more
Sexual Intimacy and the Aging Client
A Conversation with Dr. Regina KoeppBased on her article from our September/October issue, Dr. Regina Koepp talks about how to have "the talk" with your aging couple clients. Read more
Moving Through Grief Using Emotionally Focused Therapy
A Conversation with Leanne CampbellBased on her article in our July/August issue, EFT trainer Leanne Campbell talks about how to handle grief. Read more
Sweet Surrender
Ice Cream, Fatherhood, and the Meaning of LifeA tale about fatherhood and the pleasures of ice cream. Read more
Reframing Exposure Therapy
A Conversation with Dr. Jelena KecmanovicBased on her article in the September/October issue, Dr. Jelena Kecmanovic talks about exposure therapy and why therapists needn't be afraid of it. Read more
Changing How We Think about Youth Suicide
An Interview with David JobesIn this Networker Live event, senior editor Chris Lyford speaks with suicidologist Dr. David Jobes about the impact of ideation. Read more
Therapy for People Living with Dementia
An Interview with Nancy KrisemanIn this Networker Live event, senior editor Alicia Muñoz talks with Nancy Kriseman, LICSW, about how therapists can better serve their clients who are... Read more
From her book 'Body Aware' author Erica Hornthal shares mindful exercises that will help with self-regulation of your emotional thermostat. Read more
Practice Tools: September/October 2022
The best from across the field of psychotherapy . . . on us!Practice Tools for the September/October 2022 issue of Psychotherapy Networker are for clients who are worried about a loved one's diminishing cognitive... Read more
Unhappy Campers
When a Guys’ Weekend Goes SouthA nightmare camping trip exposes the limits—and possibilities—of male bonding. Read more
It’s All in Your Head?
A Primer on Chronic PainA new book by physician Haider Warraich reveals the untold story of chronic pain. Read more
Confronting the Climate Crisis
Helping Clients Face Uncertainty and FearPsychologist Elizabeth Allured is helping therapists and their clients contend with anxieties about the world’s climate crisis. Read more
"Why Won’t You Like Sports?"
The Father–Son Struggle with Gender ExpectationsAs young people move forward with new, more flexible frameworks for thinking about gender, it’s not always easy to bring parents along. Read more
Recognizing Medical Trauma
How Therapists Can InterveneDespite its pervasiveness, medical trauma often goes unrecognized. Read more
The Ideation Factor
Changing How We Think about Youth SuicideSuicidal ideation among teens is overlooked, understudied, and sometimes even willfully ignored. Read more
The Fear of Exposure Therapy
Reframing Our ApproachOur willingness to face shared existential struggles right alongside our clients can make exposure therapy not only tolerable, but transformative. Read more
Sex and the Older Couple
Helping Partners Reimagine DesirePlenty of therapists have internalized the common misconception that at a certain point in our lives, humans are no longer interested in sex and intimacy. Read more
Older Couples, New Narratives
Coming Together with Fresh PurposeLongtime couples can still experience new, relationship-testing conflicts. Read more
Therapy for People Living with Dementia
Creating Possibilities for Clients and Their FamiliesWith an estimated 6.2 million Americans in need of mental health support tailored to the challenges of dementia, why are so few therapists working with them? Read more
Laughing with Big Mama
How to Discover the Wise Guide Within YouA grandmother’s indelible spirit inspires a therapy practice. Read more
Our Aging Families
Encouraging New Conversations between Parents and Adult ChildrenA fundamental change has been percolating in how adult children and their aging parents interact. Read more
Colliding into 70
Don’t Send Me a Sympathy Card!Getting old is hard. But sometimes, as the body becomes more vulnerable, the spirit becomes fiercer. Read more
"You're a Moron"
An Angry Client Embraces Therapy at 92At 92, a pugnacious client discovers that it’s never too late to change. Read more
Cultivating Positive Age Beliefs
The Impact of Ageism on Our Bodies and MindsYale researcher Becca Levy discusses how our beliefs about aging affect our wellbeing, regardless of age. Read more
Debunking Myths About Aging
The Benefits of Therapy for Older AdultsSome older people sink into states of depression, apathy, or agitated irritability, but emotional distress in this population is too often seen as part of an... Read more
Editor's Note: September/October 2022
The Therapist and The Older ClientHow can therapists better attend to the changing needs of older people, and reap the rewards of working with older people and their families? Read more