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A Hidden Truth: Kids Worry About Their Parents

Kids instinctively “worry”, that is, feel responsible for their families. Don’t forget that. Children worry about their families. They are trying to help the parents become not only better parents but better people. But their therapeutic methods get diagnosed as mental illness.

From The School of Life: An Instruction Manual To Oneself

We hope you enjoy this rather charming post from The School of Life. The author, Alain de Botton, illustrates how

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What “Crazy” Kids Can Teach Us

For Amy and Dave, common psychiatric “disorders” are part of relational patterns, usually embedded in the dynamics of the family. You just have to know how to look.

When Sad Becomes Mad

This Family Medicine hospital consultation involved a mute patient who had just had her leg amputated. The hospital staff was angry at her. Then this young doctor took the time to learn what was going on and everything changed.

A Daughter With Chronic Illness Learns To Love Herself

When family dysfunction meets disease: How a therapy session transformed family patterns and helped a young woman improve her self-care.