Living with a caregiver who struggles with substance use can be traumatic for children, leading to long-term mental health challenges and a sense of over-responsibility.

The Trevor Project’s new Project SPARK report offers a look at how LGBTQ+ youth mental health changes over time. While help-seeking has increased, so has suicidal ideation.

Untreated mental illness in a caregiver can be frightening for children, who often end up with a sense of over-responsibility to “take over” and help in the absence of any support.

Exploring cycles of domestic violence and family trauma is not about blame, nor is it about excusing abuse. Understanding the why behind these behaviors can help break the cycle.

For many survivors, deeper healing can begin with a trigger or a quiet awakening that reveals patterns they can no longer ignore.

Ambiguous loss, when the person is physically alive but relationally absent, often goes unrecognized in our culture, which can make it especially painful and isolating.

Cats are known for their independence, confidence, and unapologetic self-care. Watching them can remind us to treat ourselves with the same respect and curiosity.

Personal Perspective: Trauma and dysfunction are often passed down in families. Healing is not about blame but about recognizing how these experiences shape us so we can move forward.

In recent years, a growing number of adults are choosing to remain child-free—a decision that was once stigmatized but is now gaining wider acceptance and understanding.

Many adult children develop perfectionism to cope with childhood dysfunction. Learn how these patterns form—and what you can do to break free.

Coined to describe cases in which one parent deliberately undermines the child's relationship with the other parent, the term is frequently weaponized against protective parents

Concern about how others perceive us is a common experience. But for many survivors of neglect and abuse, fear of not being liked can appear to take over their life.

Bashing the other parent in front of the child is a less-talked-about form of psychological abuse that, when done frequently, can leave kids feeling confused and anxious.

Often misunderstood, the family black sheep may be the one who breaks harmful generational cycles.

Proven steps for letting go without closure from a narcissistic parent. Learn how to heal, set boundaries, and find peace with apologie.

Research shows that more are estranged from fathers than mothers. Why might father-child splits be more common than mother-child breaks?

Research shows that more are estranged from fathers than mothers. Why might father-child splits be more common than mother-child breaks?

Understanding trauma triggers for parental abandonment—and a four-step exercise therapists can use to help survivors.

While most families have some element of dysfunction, families that follow these unspoken rules usually create unhealthy and even abusive dynamics.

Abandonment, especially if it happens over someone's identity, greatly impacts a survivor's ability to feel comfortable in their own body and in relationships with others.

When your abuser has power, coming forward can be more risky and even dangerous.

A lack of awareness and support at work has cultivated a climate of fear and exhaustion for social workers with neurodiverse conditions such as autism, ADHD and dyslexia. A pilot study on the experiences of neurodivergent social workers has found that, of 60 responses, 34 participants reported they had received no specialist workplace support. Around …