What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.

The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.

Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.

Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.

I think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it would be that the event does not determine how to respond to the event. That is a purely personal matter. The way in which we respond will direct and influence the event more than the event itself.

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.

Why Family Therapy...because it deals with family pain.