29 of Michigan’s 83 counties have no marriage and family therapist on record, home to 643,339 people
If you have searched your county for a family therapist and found nobody, you are not imagining it. Here is the full…
Family relationships
67 of Michigan’s 83 counties have at least one federal mental health professional shortage designation
What a federal mental health shortage designation means, which Michigan counties have one, and how the scores line up with where therapists…
Transference
Strong feelings toward your therapist are more common than you might think. Here is what transference means, what countertransference is and why…
Trauma dumping
Sharing pain is human. Trauma dumping is a popular name for when sharing skips the other person entirely. Here is how to…
Triangulation
Why tension between two people so often lands on a third, and what it takes to step out of the middle.
Reframing
Reframing is not pretending things are fine. It is finding a more accurate, more workable way to see a problem. Here is…
Reunification therapy
When a child and parent have grown apart after separation, a court or family may turn to reunification therapy. Here is what…
Sibling rivalry
Squabbles over the front seat are normal. Constant cruelty is not. Here is how to tell the difference and how to respond…
Family estrangement
Why so many families end up not speaking, what research says about the causes, and how to think through distance or repair.
Differentiation of self
Murray Bowen's idea of staying close to the people you love without losing yourself, explained in plain language with everyday family examples.
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