Articles And Interviews

Join Psychotherapy.net’s editor Lawrence Rubin in a fascinating conversation with clinician/educator/author Dr. Travis Heath as they deconstruct and rebuild the practice of psychotherapy. 

Clinician and researcher Usha Tummala-Narra addresses the challenges of not only practicing, but of living multicultural competence. 

Clinician Paula Bamgbose-Martins shares important insights gained in her work with African American children and their families.

In part one of Spitting Truth from My Soul, Narrative Therapist Travis Heath and his client “Ray the Philosopher” use rapping to forge a bond of connection and hope.

In part two of “Spitting Truth from My Soul”, Narrative Therapist Travis Heath and his client Ray The Philosopher continue their healing beat. 

Bilingual family therapist Jason Linder shares his first-hand experience getting to know and appreciate the resilience of DACA clients, and discusses how to work with them therapeutically. 

Native American psychologist Eduardo Duran shares his long road to finding a place for himself and other Native Americans in the field of psychology.

A therapist explores her experiences of racism by investigating her family's history of racist trauma.

International psychotherapist Anastasia Piatakhina provides a place of refuge and healing through online therapy with women living in oppressive societies.

Explore White privilege in the psychology profession and the importance of confronting it with education, curiosity & humility.

Hardy discusses diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice in psychotherapy...and how he was trained to be a "pretty good white therapist."

Psychologist Laura Brown critiques the limited and limiting methods so often used in psychotherapy training programs to promote cultural competence, and offers a model of intersectionality and integration that honors the full complexity of modern identities—including those of psychotherapists.

Multilingual, multinational therapist Anastasia Piatakhina bridges language and music with a client struggling to find his true voice.

Renowned family therapist Monica McGoldrick reflects on the heyday of family therapy, the use of genograms, and the importance of culture, gender, and diversity.

An American psychology student reflects on her year of research at an ethnopsychiatric clinic in Paris, France.

Bridging the distance between herself, a Pakeha" New Zealander, and her client, a Maori" New Zealander, Sasha McAllum Pilkington shows how relationships can mean the difference between life and death.