Contributed by Molly Layton
It’s All in Your Head?
A Primer on Chronic PainA new book by physician Haider Warraich reveals the untold story of chronic pain. Read more
A Vehicle of Awakening
Can Psychotherapy Be a Spiritual Practice?In The Zen of Therapy, psychiatrist Mark Epstein explores what a Buddhist therapy has offered his clients. Read more
Suicide as a State of Being
One Man's Ongoing StruggleA new memoir from celebrated writer Donald Antrim reflects on the nature of suicide. Read more
Turns in the Road
Highlights from the Networker JourneyOut of all the hundreds and hundreds of articles that have appeared in the Networker over the past four decades, we’ve chosen a small sampling that captures... Read more
You Say Tomato...
Or How I Learned to See Every Couple as the Odd CoupleToo often couples make contrasts in temperament into negative stories about how their partner won't change. Could it just be that every couple is The Odd... Read more
Getting It Right
In HBO's In Treatment, Art Imitates TherapyThe 43-episode HBO series In Treatment held up a mirror to our profession, immersing viewers in the ebb and flow of the psychotherapy process, and revealing... Read more
The Soul of Relationship
Where Self and Other MeetMaking "contact" with our partner means first recognizing a subtle inner substrate where we encounter everything from boredom to anxiety to sexual interest to... Read more
Emerging from the Shadows
Looking Beyond the Borderline DiagnosisIn the minds of many therapists, the borderline diagnosis has come to be a code word for trouble. To get past our sense of helplessness with these clients, we... Read more
The Mother Journey
Traveling on an Unmarked RoadBefore Molly Layton became a mother, she was a graduate student who pondered philosophy and allowed herself some existential angst. But becoming a first-time... Read more
Molly Layton
Molly Layton has been writing for the Psychotherapy Networker for over 25 years. Her short stories have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and included in the Writing Aloud Series at the InterAct Theater in Philadelphia. She has a private practice in Erdenheim, Pennsylvania.