In many families, there’s a shared but unspoken understanding about who they collectively consider “the problem.” It might be the teenager acting out, the parent with depression or the sibling ...

Every family develops its own unique emotional ecosystem, and within that system, children naturally take on different roles to help the family function and to secure their own place within it. While ...

This post is Part 5 of my continuing series, How to Talk to Relatives About Family Dysfunction. The posts provide win-win strategies for overcoming chronic repetitive problematic interactions between ...

Every family develops its own unique emotional ecosystem, and within that system, children naturally take on different roles to help the family function and to secure their own place within it. While ...