We Need To See Ourselves As Basic

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

Over The Years I Have Developed A Picture Of What A Human Being Living Humanely Is Like. She Is A Person Who Understand, Values And Develops Her Body, Finding It Beautiful And Useful; A Person Who Is Real And Is Willing To Take Risks, To Be Creative, To Manifest Competence, To Change When The Situation Calls For It, And To Find Ways To Accommodate To What Is New And Different, Keeping That Part Of The Old That Is Still Useful And Discarding What Is Not.

Families And Societies Are Small And Large Versions Of One Another. Both Are Made Up Of People Who Have To Work Together, Whose Destinies Are Tied Up With One Another. Each Features The Components Of A Relationship: Leaders Perform Roles Relative To The Led, The Young To The Old, And Male To Female; And Each Is Involved With The Process Of Decision-making, Use Of Authority, And The Seeking Of Common Goals.

Problems Are Not The Problem; Coping Is The Problem.

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.