If we don’t study parent-child relationships in affluent communities, we ignore unhealthy patterns that may set these youth up for failure. If we as a society continue pointing out potentially problematic parent-child interactions in low-income communities without acknowledging that these same patterns appear similar in affluent communities, we aren’t doing anyone any service.

When couples come to therapy, they may bring individual trauma from their pasts as well as trauma that emerged in the relationship. When trauma is present, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) may be useful to help the couple process the traumas that plague the relationship as well as to help improve the communication between them.

The needs of the aging population are changing, with people living significantly longer than in years past. This has sparked interest among practitioners and researchers exploring end-of-life issues, with particular attention to long-term care, palliative care, and bereavement services.

The complex problem of childhood overweight and growing desperation to find effective interventions have led to hand wringing and occasional blaming of everything from parents, to schools, to individual food and beverage items. The family context is of primary importance for the younger generation, and effective intervention involves identifying and building on the strengths inherent in family contexts.