A New Milestone for Family Spirals

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:

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New Groups, Resources, and Art

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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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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