Voices in the Family Archive

Grieving for a close friend affects people more deeply than mental health professionals previously thought. A new study analyzed surveys ...

Psychologist Dan Gottlieb has been a therapist for fifty years – he saw his first client in May of 1969. She was an older woman w ...

The recent college admissions bribery scandal is an extreme example of how far some parents will go to pave their kids’ career path, to ...

Illness can make people feel hopeless – which can in turn affect their prognosis. Psychologist Dan Gottlieb knows this first hand ...

Mental illness affects people at all economic and social levels, yet it is still the source of stigma, rejection and isolation. In this ...

We’re two weeks into January, into 2019 – how are you doing, keeping up with your New Year’s resolutions? In his weekly conve ...

Americans are deeply divided on so many issues these days; gun control, climate change, and immigration, just to name a few. But in his n ...

A lot of us will be spending time with our family around the holidays. Families are powerful environments – with so much capacity for l ...

Advice from others can be helpful – but it’s not always welcome. When a neighbor, colleague or loved one tries to tell you how to liv ...

Parents spend a lot of time arguing with their kids about screen time, trying to limit access to smart phones, and social media. B ...

WHYY’s Maiken Scott spoke with psychologist Dr. Dan Gottlieb about the grief of saying goodbye to a beloved animal – and how we work ...

Curiosity, self control, grit and zest— they’re all character strengths. But what is character? And how do we cultivate it? Wh ...

Research shows that character strengths are as important as I-Q and socioeconomic status to achievement and well-being in life. The ...

The current political atmosphere has many people feeling distressed. What’s the best way to cope with our emotions when we’re outrage ...

About 5% of couples have open relationships – where the partners are committed to staying together, but see other people. In ...