Families and How to Survive Them

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Foulkes was a pioneer, and quickly attracted the attention of others keen to change the way mental health patients were dealt with.

Guiding us through the daily issues that confront us all, FAMILIES AND HOW TO SURVIVE THEM offers vital advice in helping each of us to maintain a happy, healthy family life.Love, sex and marriage and parenthood, depression and sadness, independence and experience are just a few of the many issues explored in conversation by family therapist Robin Skynner and his former patient and comedian, John Cleese. He subsequently worked with adults and children of an unusually wide range of socio-economic status, from the poorest districts of the East End of London to private practice. Skynner admits he fulfilled the prophecy by entering the madhouse, but through the staff door, this is the kind of thing I so much enjoyed in reading Herodotus.

In my imagination then there is the sparkle of sunlight on the sea, of course Delphi isn't by the sea, but a day dream is still just a dream. However, it was Skynner himself who in 1977 founded the Institute of Family Therapy and chaired it for the next 2 years. The book has a nice title but **spoiler alert** there are no strategies here on how to best avoid unwanted family events or embarrassing in-laws, or to be the last one left alive after a terrible squabble over the Christmas dinner. Não é um livro fácil de ler pela quantidade de informação transmitida, muitas vezes me revi nas situações faladas e isso às vezes pode doer.Take it with a pinch of salt - but if you ever wanted to know why some families get along and others don't, in broad terms, I'd recommend this book highly. The authors themselves have said that the aim of the book was "to make intelligible and accessible the psychological aspects of how families behave and function, what makes some work and others fail, and how families can move up the scale towards greater health and happiness". The book gives psychological ideas about why this works but these ideas don't actually help you in themselves. And notice the parts you most strongly disagree with - what might be behind the screen that's making you act that way?

An interesting and different book on psychology which is aimed at the average reader rather than the psychology student or medical expert. This book contains a bunch of unconventional ideas, though without solid proof of them, therefore my rating is only 3*. Anyone interested in family dynamics can benefit from the wisdom presented in totally accessible manner. Rozmělnění kresleným vtípkem přicházejí přesně ve chvílích, kdy témata začínají být na laika přece jen trochu moc psycho.

Looking candidly at everything from our relationships with our parents to why and how we choose our partners, no emotional stone is left unturned: jealousy, rage, fear, envy, love, obsession, hope and despair - all are featured-with practical advice on how to turn round a negative situation and bring about change for the better. There are some great ideas in here still, and the dialogue format is very engaging and easy to read, but reading it from thirty-ish years later, be prepared to discard a lot as you go. Some bits are interesting - after reading it, I notice a lot more how couples seem to come from similar background even if the similarities aren't obvious.