Eric Greene

Safe, nurturing, and joyful families
give rise to a more peaceful and communal world.

Portrait Of Multi-Generation Family Group With Dog On Winter Beach Vacation

Family Spirals® creates programs addressing family identity, cohesion, trauma, and joy. We also focus on the impact that social, environmental, and economic problems have on families, and ways that families may ameliorate them. Such themes are also highlighted through our virtual art galleries and programs.

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A New Milestone for Family Spirals

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Hope Gangloff, Beauty and the Beasts, 2009. Acrylic on canvas. 62 x 82 in. Copyright and permission by the artist.

Family Spirals® is now an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity registered with the IRS.

This milestone marks an important step in our growth and opens new opportunities to expand programs, partnerships, and outreach.

We are also pleased to share several recent developments:

Join us in welcoming Gabriel Yuri—an architect, designer, and photographer whose work has been featured in Architectural Digest—as the newest member of our Arts League. Gabriel is collaborating with us to develop a program that helps people reimagine their home environments in ways that foster healthy relationships with those they live with and among.

We’ve also just added the work of two accomplished artists to galleries in our Center for Families & Animals:

  • Hope Gangloff, whose paintings have been exhibited at museums and galleries across the country, generously granted permission for two of her works—Beauty and the Beasts, and Moolog, Dad and Kieve—to be included in our Contemporary Gallery.
  • The Center’s Short Films Gallery now highlights the acclaimed animated film, Barking Island, directed by Serge Avédikian. The film tells the story of the 1910 deportation of 30,000 dogs from the streets of Constantinople to a deserted island, seen through the eyes of a mother dog who has just given birth. It won the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
  • Visit our other Art Galleries, and the Family Dynamics Clearinghouse, where we regularly add new and interesting art and resources.

Our new 501(c)(3) nonprofit status also makes it easier for people to support our work:

  • Donations can now be processed with lower fees, so more of each gift goes directly toward supporting our programs.
  • Family Spirals now has a profile on Candid, making it easier for donor-advised funds (DAFs) and family foundations to find and support our work.
  • If you have a car, truck, boat, or other vehicle you no longer need, it can be donated through our partnership with CARS.
  • We’re also registered with two of the largest employee giving and matching gift platforms: Benevity and Blackbaud’s YourCause—look us up!

As always, we are grateful to those who recognize the importance of helping individuals and families break through silence and stigma to find the support they need—and thanks to everyone who helps sustain this work.

With gratitude,
Eric
Founder & Executive Director

Family Spirals is building programs that address family challenges that are common, consequential, and too often overlooked. Through education, resources, research, and public service initiatives, we are working to strengthen individual, family, and community wellbeing.

Let’s Make 2025 a Year of Hope

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Albert Bierstadt, Among the Sierra Nevada, California, 1868. Oil on canvas. 183 x 305 cm. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Helen Huntington Hull. {PD-US}. Fair Use.

What a year it has been—for Family Spirals® and the world we live in. We’ve taken steps to make life better for people facing challenges within their families, and to foster empathy toward other people, other species, and the world we share.

This year, we launched our first programs and connected with dozens of people dealing with ongoing struggles with an in-law, parent, or sibling. We’ve also supported those grieving for a sister or brother, or mourning a beloved pet.

Highlights from 2024:

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New Groups, Resources, and Art

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All Sessions are FREE during April. Register Today!

Let it Out!

Our series of Discussion & Support Groups for adults, addresses family problems overlooked by most providers. We’ll break through silence and stigma with 10 unique groups, including:

  • Targeted Siblings – “My sibling bullied, dominated, or disempowered me.”
  • Sibling Tensions – Tensions, disagreements, disappointments between siblings.
  • When Family Mistreats an Animal – “An animal was hurt in my family, sometimes to hurt me.”
  • Tensions with Parent-In-Law – “There’s tension with my partner’s parent, and I need help.” (Also, Tensions with Child-In-Law)
  • Sibling Bereavement – “I want to talk with others whose sibling also died, recently or long ago.”
  • Pet Bereavement & Nature – “In my grief, I find solace in Nature.”
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