In the face of complex social and environmental challenges, our best efforts often only address a symptom, rather than root causes, even as unintended consequences create new problems. For this reason ...

As Brazilian author Paulo Coelho writes, “You drown not by falling into a river but by staying submerged in it.” This is an apt metaphor for how trauma impacts people, individually and collectively.

Families can be the biggest source of love, intimacy and support;yet at times we struggle to communicate in healthy ways with the ones we love the most. There is no lonelier place than being in a ...

Welcome to "Systemic Insights," the official blog of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) here on Psychology Today. I am Chris Michaels, the CEO of AAMFT, and I’m excited ...