Videos
VIDEO: When "One-Size-Fits-All" Doesn't Measure Up
Courtney Armstrong on Creatively ConnectingCourtney Armstrong discusses how she connected with some clients who weren't interested in traditional therapy approaches. Read more
The Therapist as Improv Actor?
Ann Randolph on Using Acting to Access EmotionsAnn Randolph talks about one acting technique in particular that can easily be incorporated into therapy sessions to help clients express their emotions. Read more
What Type of Depression is It?
Margaret Wehrenberg on Working with Low-Energy Depressed ClientsMargaret Wehrenberg identified specific types of anxious/depressed clients and has honed different treatment techniques that are effective. Read more
What’s happening when a client suffering from symptoms of depression is willing to follow the therapist’s voice with eyes closed? According to Zindal Segal... Read more
Practicing Meditation Against All Odds
Zindel Segal on the Three-Minute Breathing SpaceZin Segal discusses how clients can achieve mindful awareness of their emotional states in just three minutes. Read more
Understanding Trauma and the Cycle of Growth
Mary Jo Barrett on Discovering How Clients LearnMary Jo talks about the first stage of trauma treatment, where she teaches clients about the natural cycle of growth in order to discover how they prefer to... Read more
Are Antidepressants the Answer?
Michael Yapko on the Safety and Effectiveness of AntidepressantsMichael Yapko lays out a variety of reasons why antidepressants are not the solution for every client suffering from depression. Read more
How To Follow Clients’ Subtle Clues To Deep Healing Places
Diana Fosha Shares an Example from Her Own WorkDiana Fosha uses an example from her own practice of how therapists can begin to catch incongruity Read more
Does Your Depressed Client Even Want to Change?
David Burns on Using Paradoxical Agenda SettingDavid Burns talks about how to set an agenda for therapy. Read more
Learning What a Depressed Client Needs
Elisha Goldstein on Individually Treating Cases of DepressionElisha Goldstein asks clients what they need in tough moments and explains why it helps them learn to trust themselves. Read more
Why We Focus on the Negative
Rick Hanson Explains the Evolution of the Negativity BiasMuch can be made of the power of positive thinking, but the real question is, why do we tend toward the negative in the first place? Read more
Working Through the Childhood Wounds that Feed Depression
Judith Beck on Understanding Emotions IntellectuallyJudith Beck talks about an intellectual technique that she uses when doing childhood work with adult clients suffering from depression. Read more
A Conference for People Who Hate Conferences
Networker Symposium 2014: Psychotherapy’s Most Celebrated Anti-ConferenceGenuine learning is conveyed via experience; something happening that resonates emotionally as well as intellectually, something that literally alters the... Read more
Letting Emotion Out and In
Susan Johnson on the Value of Using Emotion in Couples WorkSusan shares the latest research that backs up the central principle of EFT Read more
VIDEO: Desiring Change, but Clinging to the Familiar
David Burns on Turning Resistance into the Voice of ChangeDavid Burns discusses the key to reaching resistant clients—and it's not a new technique. Read more
Coaching with Feeling
Jeff Auerbach on the Key Differences Between Therapy and CoachingJeff Auerbach discusses the differences between therapy and coaching. Read more
Losing Focus as a Therapist
Mary Jo Barrett on Being Better Attuned to ClientsMary Jo Barrett talks about grounding during session to be in the moment. Read more
From Good Person to Ethical Professional
Mitch Handelsman on the Effectiveness of Ethics AcculturationMitch Handelsman explains integrating psychotherapy and ethics acculturation. Read more
To Self-Disclose, or Not to Self-Disclose?
Ken Hardy on Why Not Self-Disclosing Can Hurt TherapyPsychotherapy Networker Founder Rich Simon talks to Ken Hardy about how self-disclosure is part of the power structure in the therapy room. Read more
VIDEO: Talk Like a Therapist—Even from the Podium
Lynn Grodzki on Attracting New Clients by Being OurselvesLynn Grodzki shares about speaking with audiences about your therapy practice and how to leave your audience wanting more. Read more
VIDEO: Ending Therapy: The Importance of Planned Termination
How to Ease the Transition Out of the Therapy RelationshipLisa Ferentz discusses how to effectively terminate therapy with a client. Read more
VIDEO: Social Conditioning, Or Are We Just Born That Way?
The Neuroscience Behind Primary Gender TraitsLouann Brizendine talks about one of the key neurobiological distinctions between the sexes: the need to reproduce vs. the need to nurture the helpless. Read more
VIDEO: Finding the Hero in Troubled Youth
Ken Hardy on Trauma Treatment that Taps into the Hero that Resides in All YouthPN Founder Rich Simon talks with Ken Hardy about finding the heroism amongst young clients that helps them survive. Read more
How to Protect Yourself in the Ethical Gray Zone
Frederic Reamer on the Importance of DocumentationFrederic Reamer explains the importance of documentation and how it can save you from potential legal woes, even when you’re sure you’re in the right. Read more
How To Talk About Sex With Men
Esther Perel Shows How Easy It Can BeEsther Perel introduces the subject of a man’s sexuality, sexual practice, his approach to sex, and its place in his life in an effortless, organic way. Read more
Moving Beyond DSM-5
David Mays on the Future of PsychotherapyDavid Mays talks about his disappointment in how medications are currently used and prescribed, the changes he’s seeing taking place, and what those changes... Read more
Male-Friendly Psychotherapy
How Brain Science Illuminates Gender DifferencesPat Love explains how the brain engages and reflects with the emotional state of others and why it comes down to gender. Read more
Examining the Most Controversial Change in DSM-5
Gary Greenberg On The Bereavement ExclusionWhen examining the various changes made in DSM-5, Gary Greenberg finds the most controversial one to be the removal of the bereavement exclusion from the major... Read more
Empowering Today's Parental Authority Figures
Ron Taffel on What Families Can't Function WithoutRon Taffel discusses how Generation X and Millennials handle authority and raising kids differently than their parents. Read more
Taking Off The Gloves
David Schnarch On How Confrontation Speeds Up Couples TherapyCouples therapist David Schnarch shares how speed helps give relationships hope. Read more