CFFC Staff, Author at The Centers for Family Change

CFFC Staff

64 posts

Depression:A Social or Biological Disorder?

4 years ago

Hari begins his book “Lost Connections” by describing his own struggles with depression, since adolescence, and his subsequent examination of medication treatment of depression. What makes this book particularly valuable…

Towards a more Scientific Approach to Psychotherapy

On Psychotherapy

4 years ago

Most therapists believe that the treatment approach/model that they utilize is clearly the best way to do therapy. I can remember as far back as graduate school, where the Behaviorist…

Habits, Will Power, and Change

Coping Strategies

4 years ago

In her recent book, Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick, the psychologist Wendy Wood, examines how we develop habits, both good and bad, and…

Guess who may or may not be coming to dinner; managing holidays during the Pandemic

Family Dynamics & Family Therapy

4 years ago

It should not be surprising that couples/families have different opinions about whether or not they should get together in person over the holidays. We have witnessed conflicts about whether to…

The Power of Positive Thinking: What Works

Coping Strategies

4 years ago

The past several decades have seen a proliferation of work focusing on the idea that how we think drives how we feel, and that positive thinking can have many benefits.…