Family & RelationshipsNov 13, 2023
Understanding Bowen Family Systems Theory
The Bowen family systems theory, developed by psychiatrist Dr. Murray Bowen, offers profound insights into the ...
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Family & RelationshipsAug 16, 2023
The Longest Relationships of Our Lives
This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The ...
Family & RelationshipsJun 15, 2023
Rebound Relationships Are Totally Fine
“Rebound relationships” have a terrible reputation. A romance ignited shortly after another ends seems chaotic—like an ...
Family & RelationshipsJan 30, 2023
Tools for Assessing Family Relationships
Recent evidence from clinical practice and research in the field of Clinical Family Psychology highlights the importance of ...
Family & RelationshipsSep 29, 2022
Technology Can Make Your Relationships Shallower
In 1995, decades before she began assisting with research on this column, Rena Rudavsky and her family were selected to ...
Family & RelationshipsSep 26, 2022
The role of intergenerational family stories in mental health and wellbeing
Patterns of memory sharing begin early in one’s life, informing relationships, one’s history, and one’s sense of cultural ...
Family & RelationshipsFeb 23, 2022
Child Attachment Styles and Insights for Parenting
Attachment styles in children can be powerful indicators of how they interact with others, especially caregivers. Does a child ...
Family & RelationshipsJan 19, 2022
The 4-Hour Relationship
Have you ever felt like it’s hard to find the time in your life for even the most important things, such as your romantic partner?
Family & RelationshipsDec 27, 2021
6 Signs of a Deteriorating Relationship
When a friend calls and surprises you by saying that they and their partner broke up last night, a relationship's end might seem ...
Family & RelationshipsSep 28, 2021
Father’s Perspectives on Family Relationships and Mental Health Treatment Participation in the Context of Maternal Postpartum Depression
As shown in Table 2, we organized the themes into 3 broad categories, including: (1) Fathers’ experiences during the postpartum period – including thoughts and feelings as individuals, fathers, and ...
Family & RelationshipsDec 9, 2020
What to Know About Family Therapy
At one time, the word “family” meant people related by blood, marriage, or adoption. Today the definition embraces the many ...
Family & RelationshipsOct 26, 2020
Family Conflict Is Normal; It’s the Repair That Matters
Three months into the pandemic, I had the urge to see my 28-year-old daughter and her husband, 2,000 miles away. She had ...
Family & RelationshipsAug 31, 2020
What Is an Enmeshed Family?
In an enmeshed family, there are no boundaries between the family members. Instead of the strong bonds that signal a well ...
Family & RelationshipsAug 23, 2020
Parents, family relationships influence adolescent substance abuse, UB study finds
Young children with parents with alcohol problems, those whose parents experience marital aggression and those with fathers who ...
Family & RelationshipsMar 30, 2020
How to Protect and Repair Family Relationships
Hurting a family member’s feelings, crossing the proverbial line, or saying something that can’t be taken back are inevitable ...
Family & RelationshipsJul 26, 2019
3 Ways to Banish Loneliness and Build Happy Relationships
Do you often alone or left out? Do you feel there’s a lack of meaning in your relationships? You are not alone. In fact, nearly ...
Family & RelationshipsJan 23, 2019
How to Maintain Your Interpersonal Relationships
Interpersonal relationships make up every relationship that fulfills a range of physical and emotional needs for you. These are ...
Family & RelationshipsMay 28, 2018
5 Ways to Overcome Loneliness in a Relationship
"Only in relationship can you know yourself, not in abstraction and certainly not in isolation.” —Jiddu Krishnamurti While ...
Family & RelationshipsJun 7, 2017
Why Friends May Be More Important Than Family
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Family & RelationshipsMay 23, 2017
Family Systems Therapy
is a form of psychotherapy that helps individuals resolve their problems in the context of their family
Family & RelationshipsMay 14, 2017
Marriage and Family Therapy
is a form of psychotherapy that addresses the behaviors of all family members and the way these
Family & RelationshipsFeb 4, 2017
Find a Family Therapist Near You
What issues does family therapy help with? Family therapy can help families navigate the complex dynamics of family life ...
Family & RelationshipsNov 9, 2016
Parental Attachment Problems
It has been extensively studied just how harmful parental emotional neglect can be. As American psychologist Harry Harlow’s ...
Family & RelationshipsApr 18, 2015
Meaningfully Salient Parenting
This is the first of a series on parenting. All articles that follow will address parenting as a meaningful life endeavor both ...
Family & RelationshipsFeb 28, 2014
The impact of funding deadlines on personal workloads, stress and family relationships: a qualitative study of Australian researchers
Design Qualitative study of researchers preparing grant proposals. Setting Web-based survey on applying for the annual National ...
Family & RelationshipsJul 13, 2013
The 4 Principles of Attachment Parenting and Why They Work
Attachment parenting took a beating after the May 2012 issue of Time Magazine with its controversial cover picture of Jamie Lynne ...
Family & RelationshipsMar 8, 2013
Equal Parenting and the Quality of Parent-Child Attachments
Equal parental responsibility provides a context and climate for the continuation or development of high quality parent-child relationships, allowing both parents to remain authoritative, responsible, ...
Family & RelationshipsOct 1, 2012
The Regnerus Study: Social Science on New Family Structures Met with Intolerance
Abstract: Despite claims that “no differences” exist between children whose parents had a same-sex relationship and children ...
Family & RelationshipsDec 26, 2010
Counseling For Healthy Marriages
A marriage doesn't have to be in distress to bring in the help of a counselor. Marriage counselors can help newlyweds start out ...
Family & RelationshipsMay 22, 2009
Parenting and psychological distress
As compared to non-parents, parenting adults are more likely to suffer from symptoms related to severe psychological stress.