Category: Family Problems
The Good Therapy Blog
September 16th, 2011 |
The great Buddhist teacher and author Pema Chodron once suggested in a recorded talk that we hang a sign in our kitchen that says, “Abandon hope”. At the time, I agreed with the listener who exclaimed, “That’s outrageous!”
Hope is of course essential to peaceful, purposeful lives. The lack of it can lead to despair or nihilism. Hope offers solace in stressful times, a balm for chafed nerves; it often marks the road forward.
But there’s a catch. Hope, like fear, is usually about the future. Fear says, “Something bad is likely to happen”. Hope says, “It won’t be so bad,... Read More
September 8th, 2011 |
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Personality influences nearly every area of an individual’s life. From relationship satisfaction, career stability and even mortality, the five leading personality traits, known as the Big Five, agreeableness, openness, extraversion, conscientiousness and neuroticism, have been shown to have a direct impact throughout. But a new study suggests that an individual’s personality also influences another important role. “Given the importance of personality for the ways in which people live and experience their lives, it is hardly surprising that personality has been proposed to be related... Read More
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August 31st, 2011 |
Kids are notorious for separating mom and dad. I am not talking about separation as far as divorce. I am talking about when a child asks dad about having ice-cream before dinner; knowing the answer will be “NO” from mom, they go and ask dad who may say “Yes”.
Kids are only looking out for their own interest. This is normal and part of the developmental stage they are at, especially if they are very young. Kids also know that one parent is the “weaker link”. Based upon their cries, tantrums, pouts or even being funny and silly, if one parent gives into them, more often than not, that... Read More
August 30th, 2011 |
To be a teacher in the right sense is to be a learner. Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner, put yourself in his place so that you may understand what he understands and the way he understands it.
-Soren, Kierkegaard (1848), “The Point of View for My Work as an Author”
We are nearing the end of a busy first week of school for many schools in my area. Teachers, like my wife and sister, have been slaving away in their classrooms for weeks designing bulletin boards, desk layouts, and room décor, familiarizing themselves with technology resources, creating lesson... Read More
August 29th, 2011 |
Schizophrenia is a psychological problem that can cause symptoms of decreased cognition, delusions, and paranoia. For family members of people with schizophrenia, managing the symptoms and maintaining healthy relationships can be particularly difficult. However, behavioral family management (BFM) therapy, when based on a positive family-therapist relationship, has been shown to be an effective form of treatment to address these challenges. Phyllis E. Smerud and Irwin S. Rosenfarb, both of the California School of Professional... Read More
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August 26th, 2011 |
Depression can be a major health issue for pregnant women, especially if the depression continues post-partum. “The negative effects of maternal depression on child development are extensively documented,” said researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University. “Many of these effects stem from systematic disruptions in parenting behavior—most commonly, mothers are withdrawn or emotionally unavailable to their children, or they are intrusive and harsh, particularly in how they use discipline.”... Read More
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August 24th, 2011 |
I am not formally trained in DBT. My knowledge of it coming from texts, watching trained practitioners do it and gradually incorporating it into my practice. I’m comfortable with its use due to my background and training in similar modalities and have found the skills to be valuable for those who have a difficult time with more traditional approaches.
One area where DBT has been most helpful to me is in couples and family work as a compliment to Imago... Read More
August 19th, 2011 |
From infancy through young adulthood, our children’s consciousness of themselves in the world is being forged, tenuously dangling between entitlement, insecurity and, we hope, a third and better option. We have the responsibility as parents to provide a developmentally-rich context in which satisfied needs for closeness and belonging are counterbalanced by increasing experiences of self-direction and significance. Mature parents successfully... Read More
August 16th, 2011 |
There are many treatment options designed to help alleviate symptoms of trauma in children, but very few focus on rebuilding the important relationship between traumatized children and their caregivers. “Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), originally developed for families of children with disruptive behavior disorders, has shown potential to fill this gap... Read More
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August 15th, 2011 |
You’ve been divorced for three years and have been working at moving on in your life, establishing new relationships and feeling so much better about yourself than you have in a very long time. You are grateful for your friends and family and the support they have given you.
You have met someone through a good friend who you enjoy spending time with. You both seem to have had similar experiences in ending a marriage with children to coparent.... Read More
August 15th, 2011 |
Depression affects approximately 7.5 million adults. Because of this, nearly 15 million children currently live with a depressed parent. These children are nearly four times more likely to develop depression as a result, and treating this group of adults and children is a major health priority. Bruce E. Compas, of the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University, led a study to determine if family group cognitive... Read More
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August 9th, 2011 |
How many times have you heard something like this in your household?
“You remember. I told you about it last week. You said you were fine with it.”
“What? No you didn’t. This is the first I’ve heard about it!”
Whether it’s a teenager talking about a social event, or a spouse talking about a business trip, family life is full of conversations that only the speaker seems to remember! Misconnections, hurt feelings, and chronic frustration... Read More
August 8th, 2011 |
Military families are especially vulnerable to emotional and psychological problems. Although the military offers interventions at pre-deployment and deployment stages, few programs address reintegration. Because every stage of deployment affects the emotional well-being of the spouse and children of the deployed member, new recommendations are being made for measures to address all stressors... Read More
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August 5th, 2011 |
I’m returning once more to the issue of living with a friend or family member who is struggling with addiction. First, let me thank again those of you who take the time to read these posts and/or comment. It means a lot to me and I am very touched by what I read. It drives home to me yet again how devastating it is to watch a loved one self-destruct, and to live with the insanity of addiction.
A few readers have pointed out that... Read More
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