Voices in the Family Archive

A recent editorial in the New York Times urges families to have “the talk” – that is, the end of life talk. If you were ...

Remember when social distancing and staying at home was going to last for about two weeks? Weeks later, with little change, some aspects ...

We’re well into 2020, how are you doing with your New Year’s resolutions? Still going strong? Or, already back to your ...

Many people say we live in a “cancel culture” – where we banish those who express unpopular opinions or behave in seemingly off ...

Working around pets and animals sounds like it should be fun and enjoyable. But new research finds that veterinarians and people who volu ...

Are your friends suddenly looking a LOT older – at least on social media? Lots of people had fun with an app that allows you to dramati ...

Caring for a loved one with dementia can be physically and emotionally exhausting – and cause serious health issues like depression and ...

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 ...