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Family Matters

The Diary Keeper

A Father Discovers What Matters Most

Daniel O’Neill

As time rushes forward, a diary promises the chance to slow things down. Read More

Dealing with Jealousy in Open Relationships

Finding Compersion

Tammy Nelson

Many people assume that an open relationship will cause jealousy in both partners. Historically, it has been assumed that pair-bonded individuals who are attached in... Read More

Mental Health or Marxism?

Therapists on the Fight over Social Emotional Learning in Schools

Lauren Dockett

Social-emotional learning isn’t entirely new, but as more districts emphasize the curricula in the wake of COVID, confusion from parents appears to be on the... Read More

Family Matters

Four Simple Ingredients

Lessons on Baking with Matthew

Debra Fox

Four simple ingredients will become bread, whether you do everything right or not. The result may not be perfect, but it doesn’t have to be. Read More

Life Without Atticus

When Siblings Parent Each Other

Amanda Ann Gregory

Children need an adult who provides safety, attunement, empathy, acceptance, and boundaries. Can a sibling be the next best thing? Read More

Mediating Estrangement

How to Help Family Members Coexist

Mary Jo Barrett

After journeying through the Family Dialogue process, estranged family members often end up adjusting the very notion of what togetherness means. Read More

Estrangement 101

Helping Parents Reengage Their Kids

Lori Gottlieb

Helping parents process their own childhood pain is a difficult but necessary part of helping them reconnect with an estranged child. Read More

When Adult Siblings Struggle

Three Steps Toward Repair

David Treadway

The session was supposed to be a consultation between two middle-aged sisters—my client, Annie, and her sister, Carol—about sharing their multigenerational summer house on Nantucket... Read More

When Therapists Encourage Family Cutoffs

Are We Helping or Harming?

Joshua Coleman

Today’s culture of therapy both reflects and contributes to our nation’s ever-growing embrace of individualism—for better and, sometimes, for worse. Read More

Love, Separation, and Power

Resolving a Mother–Daughter Conflict

Julia Samuel

The power that parents have to influence the wellbeing of their adult children is often underestimated. Read More
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