Embracing the Both/And
In the fluid world of our practices, we must face the truth of opposing truths everyday. Read more
The Anatomy of Resilience
New research reveals what helps people shake off adversityWe have clues about what makes some people prevail over psychological adversity... Read more
The Mission Memory
Furnishing our Present with Specters of the PastEvery response, belief, action, and emotion can be seen as a wave of memory. The present is gauged by how much it joins or fails our memories. So what is the... Read more
The Second Family
A Teen's Peer Group Is a Rich Resource for Family TherapistsWhen family therapist Ron Taffel wrote this article in 1996, an explosive upsurge of youth pop culture called into question the very idea that parents must... Read more
Fearless Foursome
The Women's Project Prepares to Pass the Torch: An InterviewFor two decades, the members of the Women’s Project in Family Therapy were the outspoken feminist conscience of psychotherapy and, with their humor and warm... Read more
Take It or Leave It
The Therapy of Carl WhitakerCarl Whitaker was family therapy’s master of the absurd. This Networker profile described him in action demonstrating his belief that the unsocialized inner... Read more
Reality Sucks
Welcome to Generation XFrom the July/August 1994 issue I HAD NEVER HEARD OF KURT COBAIN UNTIL THE OTHER day when he killed himself. Apparently, between suicide attempts, he had... Read more
Advancing Motivational Interviewing
Move your motivational interviewing skills from theory to real life. As a mental health provider, you’re familiar with the spirit of motivational... Read more