Let’s face it: psychotherapy isn’t dramatic, and most therapists don’t rate high on a “need for thrills” scale. Someone... Read more

Research is proving the value of awareness practices  It’s hard to believe that just 20 years ago meditation was still widely considered something... Read more

For the last decade, there’s been a spectacularly successful advertising campaign to convince the public that the selective serotonin reuptake... Read more

Popular stereotypes aside, it turns out we aren't overmedicating and overdiagnosing our kids. Read more

A disaster-tested therapist, who's worked with the survivors of the Thai tsunami, the Sichuan earthquake, and the Rwanda genocide, offers an on-the-scene... Read more

Attuned eating can take people beyond the dead end of the diet mentality. Read more

The old family house consoles a grieving daughter Read more

At an age when many are sticking even closer to their couches and remote controls, a restless soul decides to seize his last chance to explore the wilderness... Read more

As therapists, we have an unquenchable desire to find happy ending for troubled clients, especially those weathering the crisis of infidelity. But what happens... Read more

My Parisian colleague was shocked to learn that American therapists typically encourage couples not only to confess their affairs, but also to share the... Read more

Mindfulness offers tools for navigating the stormy seas of a troubled relationship. Read more

A few years ago, my Aunt Esther, the family historian, finally told me about a rumor that had fluttered around the edges of my family when I was a small... Read more

Whether we like it or not, today's couples feel far less encumbered by the legal, social, and moral strictures of traditional marriage and its obligations... Read more

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Tuesday morning at precisely 9 a.m., my secretary informs me that my 9 o’clock appointment has just canceled (for the second time this month). I remind... Read more

Whether or not we like to admit it, most of us are creatures of habit. We’re embedded in our daily routines and familiar surroundings, deriving a kind... Read more

Q: My clients who take care of aging parents complain about being exhausted, depressed, and resentful, but resist my suggestions for making their lives... Read more

I first met Marianne in 1980, when she descended upon the therapeutic wilderness of Washington, D.C., from Mount Olympus (otherwise known as the Philadelphia... Read more

As I entered the classroom of our local community college, two things struck me. First, where was everybody?! I was here for my first class in the Chinese... Read more

I took a leap of faith this morning and hung a birdfeeder in my backyard. This may not seem like much of a risk, but since the last two birdfeeders I... Read more

Twenty five years ago, in 1982, the first issue of the Psychotherapy Networker was published. That same year, American Psychologist surveyed 800 members of... Read more

The secretary of state is a woman. The presidents of Princeton and MIT, as well as the two senators from California, are female. Women command Navy warships... Read more

By longstanding American tradition, when kids reach a certain age, say 18, 20, 22, they’re expected to fly the home coop and begin living their own... Read more

Last year, when a local public school district approached me about becoming the director of their Family Support Center, a free, in-house counseling service... Read more

My intent in sharing my story was to help therapists understand the needs of a trauma victim and to suggest techniques and strategies to meet these needs at... Read more

A middle-aged man facing the challenge of coming out explores the uncharted territory of a "mixed-orientation marriage" Read more

Crazy Like Us by Ethan Watters. A withering indictment of America's role in spreading our own concepts of mental illness around the world. Read more

Listening to your inner therapist * Can we admit that therapy is sometimes harmful? * Botox's interference with emotions * The fearlessness--criminality link ... Read more

Although therapy is often considered a profession dominated by the female sensibility, a lifelong gym rat, much practiced in the arts of masculine aggression... Read more

It may seem strange to think of 3,000 people getting together in the lap of hotel luxury as a "primitive tribal gathering," but the Networker Symposium... Read more