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The Healing Power of Community
A Conversation with Shawna Murray-BrowneNetworker talks with Shawna Murray-Browne about ways to bridge racial barriers in and outside of the therapy room. Read more
VIDEO: A Special Invitation
Pat Ogden’s Complex Trauma Master ClassWatch this special invitation to her Networker Master Class, and discover how Sensorimotor Psychotherapy can be woven into interventions you’re already... Read more
VIDEO: Prolonged Grief Disorder
Does This New Diagnosis Help or Hurt?What does the diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder mean to clinicians and grieving individuals? Read more
VIDEO: Rethinking the Policy of Seclusion and Restraint
A Discussion with Mona Delahooke and Guy StephensJoin Mona Delahooke, therapist and author of Beyond Behaviors, and Guy Stephens, founder and director of the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint, for a... Read more
Elderly Clients, Hidden Gifts
Best Practices for Working with Older PopulationsFive things every therapist needs to know about working with older clients. Read more
The Five-Minute Meditation
Finding Compassion and Kindness During Tough TimesI’ve been finding a particular short meditation practice helpful in supporting my clients during this period of sadness, loss, and exhaustion. It’s more... Read more
The Diary Keeper
A Father Discovers What Matters MostAs time rushes forward, a diary promises the chance to slow things down. Read more
A Vehicle of Awakening
Can Psychotherapy Be a Spiritual Practice?In The Zen of Therapy, psychiatrist Mark Epstein explores what a Buddhist therapy has offered his clients. Read more
Getting Past You and Me
Cultivating the “Us” in Intimate RelationshipTerry Real is on a mission: leading couples into increased intimacy by moving them beyond a culture of individualism. Read more
“Be Yourself—But Don’t”
Mixed Messages from a Mother to Her Gay SonWhat happens when loving mothers of gay sons unknowingly send them mixed messages about being themselves? Read more
Unshed Tears
Helping Kids Work through Unresolved GriefMany of the ways that children grieve differently from adults can go unrecognized and unprocessed. Read more
Agitated Kids, Dangerous Punishment
Rethinking the Policy of Seclusion and RestraintSeclusion and restraint is a rare but extreme response to students deemed unruly. One parent, backed by some clinical allies, is drawing attention to its... Read more
Do I Have to Forgive You?
Loosening the Grip of Obsessive Anger and PainThe hardest part of letting go of anger can be accepting that the offending party is never going to apologize, never going to see themselves objectively, and... Read more
Healing in the Outback
An Outdoor Therapist Reconceives His RolePsychotherapy needs alternatives to the century-old approach of sit and talk. When you’re open to the spirit of adventure, you never feel stuck. Read more
Relational EMDR Therapy
Showing Up for Our ClientsBeing an expert in your method is only part of the work. Sometimes our clients need us to go beyond administering a protocol. Read more
Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide
Time to Address Unchallenged PrejudicesIn Hammerfest, Norway, known as the northernmost town in the world, a therapist is challenging geographical narcissism. Read more
Treating Trauma From the Top Down
A Cognitive Path to HealingWhen it comes to designating best practices for treating trauma, where does the research stand? And where is the field going? Read more
Humility First
Avoiding Transcultural OverreachThere’s no recipe book when it comes to working with another culture. Read more
Couples Therapy Around the World
Putting EFT to Work in Two CulturesWith its Western focus on secure emotional bonds and demonstrative, healthy attachment in couples, how does Emotionally Focused Therapy fit into ancient and... Read more
Editor's Note - March/April 2022
Reimagining PsychotherapyA readiness to revise and reimagine is central to a therapists’ work. Read more
Getting at the Heart of Affairs
How to Help Clients Examine Ethical DilemmasA seasoned therapist discusses the ethics around consulting with couples impacted by infidelity. Read more
The Power of Humor
Five Ways Therapists Put This “Best Medicine” to UseTherapy can be serious, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t room for a joke here and there. Here, clinicians share how they used humor to help clients... Read more
Where Are You Right Now?
Setting Boundaries in TeletherapyDuring the pandemic, many of us have realized how convenient teletherapy can be for us and our clients. But is the flexibility of teletherapy leading to more... Read more
Fifty Years of Wisdom
Lessons from a Retired TherapistI practiced for almost 50 years, and just retired with a feeling of satisfaction. Here’s what I’ve learned in my journey to contentment. These are my tales... Read more
The Therapy Mistake That Changed Me
Three Stories of Professional GrowthThree therapists share their stories about the learning experiences and “happy accidents” that helped make them better clinicians. Read more
Building Distress Tolerance
Strategies for Working with Clients with OCDEncouraging anxious clients to face their fears is widely accepted as the gold-standard approach for treating anxiety-related disorders, including OCD. But a... Read more
Is There Meaning in Loss? (Part 2)
Four More Therapists Weigh InOur last Clinician’s Quandary on helping clients—and ourselves—navigate grief work received an overwhelming number of responses. So many, in fact, that... Read more
Two Years In, This Therapist is Angry
Addressing the Anxiety UnderneathWhen the pandemic first struck, I was concerned about its impact yet able to handle the anxiety about infection pretty well. After all, managing anxiety is my... Read more
Covid Comes to Therapy
Navigating Collective TraumaFor a few years now, I’ve worked with groups around the world to address collective trauma. Our focus is usually on something that had happened elsewhere and... Read more
Dealing with Jealousy in Open Relationships
Finding CompersionMany people assume that an open relationship will cause jealousy in both partners. Historically, it has been assumed that pair-bonded individuals who are... Read more