Communication Quote by Edward Teyber

The overall goal [of counseling] is to help family members become 'systems experts' who could know [their] family system so well that the family…

— Murray Bowen

A growing body of clinical observation has pointed to the conclusion that the family therapy must be oriented to the family as a whole.

— Virginia Satir

Deep inside us, we know what every family therapist knows: the problems between the parents become the problems within the children.

— Roger Gould

“I recently consulted to a therapist who felt he had accomplished something by getting his dissociative client to remain in her ANP throughout her…

— Alison Miller

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

— Virginia Satir

I think most people know the concept of difficult family situations. So I try to just ground a very big concept in something we…

— Mark Millar

“The more dysfunctional the system, the more closed and rigid are the roles it assigns. In families that are chemically, sexually or violently dysfunctional,…

— John Bradshaw

“Families living in dysfunction seldom have healthy boundaries. Dysfunctional families have trouble knowing where they stop and others begin.”

— David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough

To me, families are puzzles that take a lifetime to work out - or not, as often is the case - and I like…

— Khaled Hosseini

“Therapists will have much more impact when they are able to conceptualize or discern more precisely what this client’s core problem really is, how…

— Edward Teyber

Family problems come in all shapes and sizes; some are short-lived and easily managed, while others are more chronic and difficult to handle.

— Anonymous

“Most therapists grew up struggling to be loved and accepted by others. Because of these early experiences, many of us find it difficult to…

— Louis Cozolino