Problems Are Not The Problem; Coping Is

What Lingers From The Parent's Individual Past, Unresolved Or Incomplete, Often Becomes Part Of Her Or His Irrational Parenting.

I Want To Love You Without Clutching, Appreciate You Without Judging, Join You Without Invading, Invite You Without Demanding, Leave You Without Guilt, Criticize You Without Blaming, And Help You Without Insulting. If I Can Have The Same From You, Then We Can Truly Meet And Enrich Each Other.

It's Sad That Children Cannot Know Their Parents When They Were Younger; When They Were Loving, Courting, And Being Nice To One Another. By The Time Children Are Old Enough To Observe, The Romance Has All Too Often Faded Or Gone Underground.

A Growing Body Of Clinical Observation Has Pointed To The Conclusion That The Family Therapy Must Be Oriented To The Family As A Whole.

I Give Life To That Which I Notice. What I Don't Notice Dies.