Mind
VIDEO: Tara Brach on Awakening from the Cybertrance
Dealing with the Challenges to Mindfulness in a Digital WorldIt should come as no surprise that, in our culture, immersion in cyber activities far outpace the interest in mindfulness. But how do you deal with the... Read more
A push to make mindfulness practices more racially sensitive. Read more
Priming Clients for Taking New Practices Home
Four Keys to Enhancing EngagementFour steps to help clients take new practices learned in the consulting room back into their everyday lives. Read more
Art and Trauma
Accessing Creative Paths to HealingA leader in expressive arts therapy explains why it’s increasingly being used to help combat vets find relief from trauma. Read more
Tuning into Attunement
How to Harness Your Social Engagement SystemWe all know people who have the magic touch when it comes to relating to others. They can instantly connect with strangers and put people at ease without even... Read more
From Weight to Well-Being
The Challenges of Treating Binge Eating DisorderAlthough binge eating disorder is more prevalent than anorexia and bulimia, many people still don’t get the help they need for it. Read more
Measuring Mercy
Uncovering the Link between Cruelty and CompassionThere’s a surprisingly strong link between altruism and psychopathy. Read more
VIDEO: What's the Difference Between Brain and Mind? Dan Siegel Explains
The Distinctions between Neuroscience and PsychotherapyWith all the buzz about brain science, is it possible to lose sight of the mind? Dan Siegel, a pioneer in the applications of brain science to psychotherapy... Read more
The Therapeutic Relationship, Revisited
A Man Discovers a Safe Guide, and a Real Person, in His New TherapistBy Stephen Lyons - My work with Sara began in an uninspiring, windowless, downtown suite that she shared with another therapist. But before long, my therapy... Read more
Beyond Illusion
Meditation May Not Be for EveryoneExploring contemplative practice may not be for everyone. Read more
The Rise of Neurofeedback
Technology in the Treatment RoomNeurofeedback has brought a powerful new technology into the consulting room. Read more
VIDEO: Dan Siegel on the Therapist's Mission in the Modern Age
Attending to How We Relate to Each Other and the PlanetIn this video clip from his 2015 Networker Symposium Keynote address, "Healing and Hope in the Human Age," psychiatrist and bestselling author Dan Siegel... Read more
How to Change Minds
Reasoning Will Get You NowhereThe Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others. When it comes to truly changing minds, reasoning will get you nowhere. Read more
Tips for Living the Life You Want
Think Your Greatest Success is Out of Reach? Think AgainIn this second part of a three-part series adapted from the upcoming book Mindful Aging: Embracing Your Life after 50 to Find Fulfillment, Purpose, and Joy... Read more
Ron Potter-Efron on Helping Clients with Anger Problems
"Building a Bridge" from the Old Brain to the New BrainIs it possible to overcome the typical oppositional response of a client with anger issues? According to Ron Potter-Efron, the key to working effectively with... Read more
The Age of FoMO
Our Brains on 24/7 AlertOur compulsive use of digital devices is best understood as the result of their ability to tap into a deep anxiety in the human psyche about “missing out.” Read more
Doorways to the Embodied Self
Eugene Gendlin and the Felt SenseEugene Gendlin and his work on Focusing and the “felt sense” left an indelible mark on modern mind–body approaches to psychotherapy. Read more
Loving Our Devices
When Does Attraction Turn into Addiction?More and more therapists, regardless of how they feel about internet addiction as a diagnosis, are advising clients about the healthy use of their digital... Read more
When All Else Fails
Stories of Vulnerability and PossibilityThe self-assurance of expert practitioners who publicly present their work can lead everyday therapists to believe that psychotherapy is a far more predictable... Read more
The Courage to Connect
Highlights from the 2017 SymposiumYear after year, therapists have come to the Networker Symposium expecting to escape the turbulence of everyday life and the real world. But this year... Read more
Being There
Inhabiting the Moment with Traumatized TeensWith traumatized adolescent clients, it’s emotion that gradually changes emotion—not rational explanation or interpretation, not snazzy techniques or... Read more
Bringing Dreams into the Consulting Room
Helping Clients Awaken More Fully to the Life Around ThemBy Richard Handler - Throughout history, humans have tried to make sense of the baffling, nonlinear fleetingness of dreams. In A History of Last Night's... Read more
VIDEO: Dan Siegel Explains Why Brain Integration is the Key to Good Mental Health
Here's What a Healthy Mind Looks LikeAccording to Dan Siegel, understanding the connection between the brain and the miraculously various operations of the human mind and body is the first step in... Read more
VIDEO: A Breathing Antidote for Stress Responses
A Six-Minute Exercise for Overcoming StressOur depressed clients don’t only exhibit their symptoms through speech and vocal tone. You see them in their body language too—in slouching torsos, folded... Read more
Then, Now & Tomorrow
Oral Histories of Psychotherapy 1978-2017A group of innovators and leaders look back over different realms of therapeutic practice and offer their view of the eureka moments, the mistakes and... Read more
Turns in the Road
Highlights from the Networker JourneyOut of all the hundreds and hundreds of articles that have appeared in the Networker over the past four decades, we’ve chosen a small sampling that captures... Read more
VIDEO: Stephen Porges on How Trauma Affects Our Ability to Connect
The Science Behind Healthy RelationshipsStress responses aren't only vested within the sympathetic nervous system’s capacity to support fight-or-flight behaviors. There’s another defense... Read more
The Empathy Gap
Digital Culture Needs What Talk Therapy OffersConditioned by the experience of life on the screen, clients today find it harder to concentrate on face-to-face conversation. They may not even see its value... Read more
Is VR a Game Changer?
Virtual Reality in TherapyTo date, virtual reality’s most visible therapeutic role has been in the treatment of phobias and other conditions where it’s served as an adjunct to... Read more
Responding to Extreme Trauma Symptoms
How Neuroscience Can HelpHow an understanding of the brain can inform our trauma interventions. Read more