Karaoke on Five South
From an Evening of Storytelling 2018A karaoke performance on a psych ward helps a mother and daughter find a way to reconnect. Read more
Moments of Truth
Stories Told at the End of the DayIn our own small way, the Networker has tried to revive the ancient, tribal practice of storytelling. At our third annual Symposium storytelling event, five... Read more
The Challenge of the Healing Apology
Highlights from Symposium 2018At this cultural moment of the #MeToo movement, which has heightened awareness of a broad range of transgressions, psychologist and bestselling author Harriet... Read more
Silent and Confused
Opening Conversations with Men in the Wake of #MeTooMost men publicly support #MeToo, but privately—very privately, often too privately even to share with their intimate partners—some are disoriented and... Read more
The Hearing
From an Evening of Storytelling 2018A therapist tries to ride to the rescue of an immigrant client in a desperate situation. Read more
My First Client, My Best Teacher
From an Evening of Storytelling 2018A challenging client, who won't speak or swallow, teaches a therapist just starting out how to find her own voice. Read more
The Symposium and the Psychology of Shopping
Highlights from Symposium 2018In Networker editor Rich Simon’s introduction to the conference, he likened it to a deeply stimulating marketplace of ideas, where clinicians get an expanded... Read more
Coping Skills for Kids Workbook
Dealing with stress, anxiety and anger are important skills to learn, but not all kids learn those strategies naturally. The Coping Skills for Kids Workbook... Read more
The Retiring Rebel
Rethinking the Way We Help Clients Face the Midlife CrisisRather than thinking of midlife as an emotional unraveling, I believe it’s more helpful to reframe this stage of life in our early 50s and 60s as “second... Read more
Jump-Starting Conversation in Family Therapy
The Difference Between Guiding and InterveningHow do you get family members to talk together productively? Enactments can be among the most valuable tools for getting a family's communication going. But... Read more
Learn from the Masters: The Neuroscience of Stress, Depression and Developmental Trauma: Connect Physiology to Psychology with Dr. Robert Sapolsky
In this captivating recording, you’ll have the rare opportunity to learn from Dr. Robert Sapolsky, one of the world’s leading researchers on the... Read more
Six Ways to Find Comedy in Even the Darkest Moments
Shaking Your Clients Loose from Their Tragic StancesTherapy, in order to shake people loose from their tragic stances and bounce them into the human comedy, is at its best when it is funny, when the tragic... Read more
Therapists Talk Gun Violence
Brainstorming Ways to Make a DifferenceAs an estimated half-a-million protestors poured into downtown Washington, DC for the March for Our Lives, therapists who were in town for their field’s... Read more
Just One Thing Card Deck
We are so busy these days that it’s great to have just one thing to focus on: a simple practice to reflect on and be inspired by that will gradually... Read more
Family Therapy as We Know It Needs to Change
To Reach Troubled Adolescents, Look to the "Second Family"Editor’s Note: This article this blog is taken from originally appeared in the March/April 1996 issue of Psychotherapy Networker. When his family was... Read more
Couples Therapy for Treating Trauma: The Gottman Method Approach
Trauma treatments have largely ignored the interpersonal symptoms of PTSD. But whether caused by early abandonment, childhood abuse, military combat, or other... Read more
Bringing a Polyvagal Perspective into Therapy: How to Safely Navigate Emotional Storms
When life—and therapy—brings scary moments, it’s the body’s autonomic nervous system that takes action. Polyvagal Theory has... Read more
John Gottman & Julie Gottman on the New Science of Couples and Family Therapy
The names John and Julie Gottman have become synonymous with scientifically sound couples practice. They’ve spent decades developing an evidence base for... Read more
The Gottman Method Approach to Better Couples Therapy
In recent years, research has identified key, measurable elements of happy and stable long-term relationships. They include trust, attunement, listening... Read more
Emotionally Focused Therapy: A Step-by-Step Approach to Harnessing the Power of Emotion
Even as advances in attachment science have led to an increasing appreciation of the centrality of emotions in human relationships, we still find ourselves... Read more
Brain Care: Applying the Neuroscience of Well-Being
Even as we look to the latest brain research for techniques to apply in our therapeutic work, we too often neglect the damaging impacts of stress, poor... Read more
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
When Money Comes Up in Therapy
Two Ways to Make Your Fee Policies Clear and Easy to Talk AboutMost therapists were never coached about how to reconcile the closeness of the therapeutic encounter with the fact that therapy is also a business. Read more
The Power of Apologizing
What It Takes to Really Be SorryUnlike the faux public apologies from men accused of sexual misconduct that 2017 will likely be remembered for, our private apologies have the potential to... 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