Ilene S. Cohen, Ph.D.,

Embracing grieving and forgiveness can help heal anger, blame, and pain. High-conflict gray divorce can cause estrangement between parents and children. Forgiveness is for our healing, not excusing the person who hurt us. Grieving and forgiveness practices can ease pain and heal and rebuild wounded relationships. Gray divorce refers to couples aged 50 and older ending their marriage. Researchers found that the divorce rate for this group has been the fastest growing in the U.S., doubling...

Understanding our family through the multigenerational transmission process. Families pass on behaviors, emotions, and relationship patterns from generation to generation. The family is the first social system to which an individual is exposed. Becoming aware of our inherited patterns, we can choose which to continue and which to change. Imagine navigating through a forest, where each tree represents a family , and its roots represent its members that span back many generations. The roots,...