Family & RelationshipsApr 15, 2024
Family Relationship Patterns
Imagine navigating through a forest, where each tree represents a family, and its roots represent its members that span back many ...
Family & Relationships
Updated Nov 15, 2026 2:00 AM PT
Family & Relationships Psychologist News
Current reporting, research and professional developments across Family & Relationships, curated for psychologists and behavioral-health professionals.
Family & RelationshipsFeb 4, 2024
The Different Types of Relationships
We tend to associate the word “relationship” with romantic relationships; and when we think of romantic relationships, the ...
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 ...
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 & RelationshipsJul 13, 2020
A Response to Latest Criticism of Helicopter Parenting
Dr. Vanessa LoBue recently wrote a Psychology Today post titled, “Why Helicopter Parenting Fosters Failure” (July 13, 2020).
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 & RelationshipsMar 28, 2019
What's Keeping Me in a Dying Relationship?
Some are still in love and are just not yet ready to give up, but the negatives are mounting and they are not healing the way ...
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
Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Custom Feed: See the stories that matter most to you.
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 17, 2015
Meaningfully Salient Parenting
Parenting: Overview This is the first of a series on parenting. All articles that follow will address parenting as a meaningful life endeavor both for adults and children. An overview sets the tone of ...
Family & RelationshipsJul 17, 2014
Attachment Parenting: The New Standard?
An image of a women breastfeeding her 3-year old son, in a standing position, was one of the most talked about covers of TIME ...
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 ...