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Blended Families and the Work of Building Something New Together Blended families are among the most complex family systems there are, and yet they are often formed with the expectation that love and goodwill alone will smooth the transition. The couple has found each…

Addiction Is Not a Character Flaw: Understanding the Roots of Compulsive Behavior If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, one of the most damaging things the culture surrounding that struggle will tell you is that it is a failure of willpower or moral…

Grief Without a Timeline: How Therapy Helps When Loss Refuses to Follow the Rules Grief does not move in the tidy, sequential stages that our cultural shorthand suggests it should. It loops. It resurfaces without warning, sometimes years after a loss, triggered by…