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“She Looks Just Like You”
What Are We Not Seeing with Donor-Assisted IVF?Understanding the impact of “resemblance talk” and the challenge of “parental claiming” can help the parents of donor-conceived children feel... 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
Sue Johnson changed the field, creating a ripple effect of healing that continues to transform countless relationships. In a mosaic of anecdotes drawn from the... Read more
Editor's Note: July/August 2024
Tackling Today's Parenting ConundrumsMy funny, creative, and very sweet three-year-old has been writhing on the floor in agony for almost 10 minutes. With his eyes scrunched shut, he’s... 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
3 Tips for Working with Hard-to-Reach Clients
Matching Your Clinical Style with Your Client’s NeedsAre you matching your self-presentation and efforts with your clients' emotional capacity to respond? Read more
"I've Got Nothing to Talk About"
How to Work with Tight-Lipped ClientsWhat do you do when your client comes to session with nothing to say? Longtime experts in the field offer how to get the conversation going. Read more
Practice Tools: July/August 2024
The best from across the field of psychotherapy . . . on us!This month’s selection is from Lindsay Gibson’s Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents Guided Journal: Your Space to Heal, Reflect and Reconnect... 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
Bessel van der Kolk: 'There's More to Life than Trauma'
The Question You Should Be Asking In SessionFrom his Symposium workshop, Bessel van der Kolk singles out the one question therapists should be asking their traumatized clients. Read more
Negotiating a Frightening World
What Role Can Therapists Play?Real world events are enough to cause anxiety in anyone. See how this therapist helped an anxious client see the world in a new way. Read more
Peter Levine on Going Beyond Talk Therapy to Heal Trauma
Using Somatic Experiencing® to Tap into the Unspoken Voice of Our BodiesLearning how to tune into the subtle shifts that are going on inside us all the time can open us to a wholeness that I call the Authentic Self. Read more
IFS Therapy and The Inner Critic
A Conversation with Carmen Jimenez-PrideAlicia Muñoz and Carmen Jimenez-Pride, LCSW, explore what it means to develop a healthier, friendlier relationship with our parts. 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
Do You Need Psychedelics to Access an Altered State?
How to Move Clients Out of Ordinary Survival ModePsychedelics can show clients an alternative to their suffering—but so can many softer, gentler, more gradual approaches clinicians have been perfecting... Read more
Taking Sides in Couples Therapy
The Importance of Ditching NeutralityWhen one partner is clearly in the wrong, being an impartial couples therapist can do more harm than good. 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
Holotropic Breathwork
An Overlooked Path to Healing Experiences?In the midst of the psychedelic treatment revolution, have we forgotten about Stan Grof’s alternative to facilitating non-ordinary states of consciousness? Read more
The Dual Nature of Trauma Bonding
Beyond Abuser and VictimPartners who associate love and intimacy with the painful family dynamics of their formative years can get stuck in a familiar bond that’s hard to shake... 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
How Can a Ghost Story Help Us Heal from Trauma?
Excavating Unspoken ConversationsDirector Andrew Haigh’s haunting film All of Us Strangers lays bare the critical role of imagination in healing from traumatic loss. 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
How Psychedelic Therapy Will Change Your Practice
Bessel van der Kolk & Monnica Williams on the Future of Trauma HealingBessel van der Kolk and Monnica Williams, two prominent trauma researchers, weigh in on what the field should be talking about now that psychedelic-assisted... Read more
Experiments In Being Someone Else
Can Fixed-Role Therapy Get Clients Unstuck?Trying on different personas can help clients step outside of their comfort zones and challenge their assumptions about themselves, others, and the world. 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
Editor's Note: May/June 2024
The Search for Psychedelic-Assisted TherapyWelcome to the new world of psychedelic-assisted healing. It’s no longer a fringe therapy. It’s happening all around us. 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