Professional Development

Emerging from their monastic little cells, 3,000 psychotherapists had a schmooze-fest celebrating the power of face-to-face connection and joined forces to... Read more

Does love have a role in the therapeutic relationship? Read more

The Networker has always been a community affair. From our first issue, every glimmer of an idea for an article or theme of this magazine has been a group... Read more

Therapists usually enter the field because they’re drawn to it and have innate capacities to do the work. But whether they excel depends largely on their... Read more

We all have stories about the bureaucracies that stifle clinical creativity and seem to exist primarily to generate meaningless paperwork. Here’s a tale... Read more

Down for the count, a therapist again discovers that even the most hopeless sessions can have a positive outcome if you stay with the process. Read more

That first session with a new client can be crucial to the success or failure of treatment. Read more

While many therapists like to trust their intuition, research shows how often "gut instinct" can lead us astray. Read more

How the skills of the group therapist differ from those of the individually-oriented practitioner. Read more

"I realized that I'd never succeed as a therapist here unless I loosened up my customary boundaries between my professional and personal selves." Read more

More than a time-consuming diversion, Facebook can play a central role in marketing your practice. Read more

Strategic therapy is less about technique than a search for the information that'll illuminate the solution to your client's problem. Read more

A clinician explains how to help your supervisees practice therapy from the heart. Read more

A client's unexpected announcement makes a therapist confront her illusions of invulnerability. Read more

What does the newly passed mental health parity law mean for your practice? Read more

From Freud to Zoloft, the story of therapy in this country has been the triumph of pragmatism over esoteric theory. Read more

We're living through a breathtaking realignment of our consciousness about money, no longer lulled by the ever-sweeter melodies played by the Pied Piper of our... Read more

The old face-to-face service model for our practices is no longer in sync with social and cultural shifts. It's time to refocus on how to serve our clients... Read more

Poet David Whyte offers an idiosyncratic fusion of verse, myth, story, and personal charisma, demonstrating to audiences all over the world that psychology... Read more

Beset by chronic budgetary constraints, invasive regulations, and insufficient respect from society at large, community mental health today seems a Sisyphean... Read more

Regularly using a few simple feedback measures—plus paying close attention to your failures—can make you a better therapist. Read more

Although he influenced a generation of therapists with his strategic methods, Jay Haley was always more at home as an observer of behavior than as an... Read more

Why do some therapists clearly stand out above the rest, consistently getting far better results than most of their colleagues? According to the research, it... Read more

Effective clinical supervision requires an understanding of how supervisees develop and mature. Read more

The internet can be a phenomenal tool for marketing all types of practices in every part of the country. Even Luddites are finding that internet marketing can... Read more

The best form of risk management for your practice may be doing what you think is right. Read more

Learning to enhance performance by embracing doubt and fear. Read more

At last count, therapists could choose from among 500 different treatment techniques. But after all these years, there's still no evidence that the overall... Read more

Many therapists in once-thriving practices are reporting that these days, it's a battle to stay solvent. Read more

A take-charge clinician meets his match and finally learns to listen to his clients-and himself. Read more