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Families are important.
So are boundaries. Creating healthy intimacy and boundaries within families.

Our families signify the origins of personal identities, comprise our first relationships, and shape our consciousness. Whatever we do or think, and however we express our emotions and relationships – our lives are shaped by and respond to our family dynamics.

Family Spirals™ focuses on the following areas:

Interspecies Families

    • Forming family with animals
    • When animals are brought into a household, the family dynamics may shift. Sometimes, violence results. We examine family violence holistically.
    • Green Pet-Burial Society: uniting humane and environmental sensibilities

Sibling Dynamics

    • Sibling Hatred & Abuse: traumas and triumphs
    • Rivalry or Bullying?
    • Caretaking & Aftercare: the impact of sibling hatred on caring for parents in need

Adult Children & Parents

    • In-law projects: creating respect through boundaries & compassion
    • Gendered Relationships among parents and children

Cyberfamilies

    • How technology is changing family connectivity
    • Virtual Environments & Table Settings

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National Link Coalition introduces Family Spirals™

Logo - National Link CoalitionThe National Link Coalition is an association of professionals bringing greater attention to the linkages between violence against animals and humans (i.e., “the Link”). I introduced Family Spirals™ in the February 2012 edition of their LINK-letter (p. 7):

Family Spirals™ Addresses The Link and Sibling Abuse

The links among various forms of violence towards humans and other animals are perhaps most evident within the family. A new organization, Family Spirals™, is being developed to address multiple dimensions of family relationships and cohesion. Our Interspecies Families division explores our relationships with animals, particularly pets, within a family context. Family Spirals™ plans to advance Link work by exploring new ways in which to frame family problems, deepening our understanding of these connections, and contextualizing linkages within a broader multidisciplinary framework of family dynamics. Continue reading

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