Cancer
A Therapist Confronts Cancer
Finding a Way through the AbyssNo one can prevent the horrors of cancer, but processing this particular experience of loss with a therapist who's been through it may stave off the trauma of... Read more
Borrowed Tears
A Therapist Reclaims His Buried Past—and Upends His PracticeWhen a therapist finally confronts his tendency to dissociate, his work takes a life-changing turn. Read more
Loving Ourselves Into Safety
Resilience and Strength in Perilous TimesA cancer diagnosis, while devastating, can be a powerful teacher. Through the fear and anxiety, we can discover how to reliably calm ourselves and ask for... Read more
Coping with Cancer
And How to Regulate Emotions After a DiagnosisAlthough you can’t change unpredictable and uncontrollable situations, you can change how you respond. You can regain a sense of control and emotional... Read more
Turning Points in Our Therapy Careers
Becoming the Change We Want to SeeWhat is a turning point, exactly? And how do you know when you've reached one in your career as a therapist? Whether it's a devastating illness, or a few... Read more
Welcome to Holland
When Life Takes a DetourWhat do you do when your life’s expectations get turned upside down? Read more
VIDEO: David Kessler on Coming to Terms with the End
A Special Storytelling Piece from Our 2018 SymposiumWhen our clients are facing their own mortality, how can we guide them in a way that's both compassionate and realistic? In the following video, therapist... Read more
The Therapeutic Relationship, Revisited
A Man Discovers a Safe Guide, and a Real Person, in His New TherapistBy Stephen Lyons - My work with Sara began in an uninspiring, windowless, downtown suite that she shared with another therapist. But before long, my therapy... Read more
Helping Therapy Clients Cope with the Reality of Death
Clinical Wisdom to Combat Fear, Anxiety, and Grief at the End of LifeFor 17 years, managing responses to death has become part of my work, whether originally my intention or not. I’ve aspired to helping families hang tough... Read more
Teaching Neuroscience to Our Clients
How One Client Effectively Applied Dan Siegel’s Neurobiology LessonPsychotherapy Networker Founder Rich Simon listens to Dan Siegel about neuron "sponges," empathy, and how it all impacts depression. Read more
Depression Is Not A Disease; It’s A Wake-Up Call
A Conversation with Dr. James GordonJames Gordon shares a technique he uses with clients to help them get out of hopeless thought patterns. Read more
The Specter of the Big "C"
A Modern Look at an Age-Old MaladyA modern look at cancer treatment through the ages. Read more
Raising Cadence
A mother and daughter journey through griefHelping a child move through grief sometimes means avoiding the temptation to ease her pain. Read more
Run with It!
Redefining the Comfort ZoneA woman recovering from cancer develops a new sense of her body and her comfort zone. Read more
Blindsided
Coming Face-to-Face with the UnimaginableDespite everything I had no choice about, I did have one fundamental choice to make: my choice of a "stance" toward life. Would I find joy in the options that... Read more