But It's Your Family

A psychologist offers a roadmap for those looking to break free of toxic family relationships and thrive in the aftermath.
Toxic family abuse is always two-fold. The first layer of abuse is the ori ...

A psychologist offers a roadmap for those looking to break free of toxic family relationships and thrive in the aftermath.
Toxic family abuse is always two-fold. The first layer of abuse is the original poor treatment by toxic family members, and the second is someone’s denial of the ways in which abusers treat and harm them. Loving someone doesn’t always mean having a relationship with them, just like forgiveness doesn’t always mean reconciliation. A significant part of healing comes with accepting that there are some relationships that are so poisonous that they destroy one’s ability to b