Family dynamics Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/tag/family-dynamics/ Interventions & Treatment Consulting Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:25:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://heatherhayes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-HH_logo-32x32.png Family dynamics Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/tag/family-dynamics/ 32 32 Breaking the Legacy of Damaging Childhoods: A Trauma-Responsive Exploration of Jerry Wise’s “Inherited Behaviors” https://heatherhayes.com/breaking-the-legacy-of-damaging-childhoods-a-trauma-responsive-exploration-of-jerry-wises-inherited-behaviors/ Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=7246 When we grow up in families where emotional neglect, chaos, enmeshment, addiction, or inconsistency shape the air we breathe, we learn quickly how to survive. Jerry Wise, a well-known family systems expert, often teaches that many of our adult struggles stem not from personal failings but from adaptive behaviors we developed in childhood, behaviors that […]

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]]> The Role of the Family System in Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Recovery https://heatherhayes.com/the-role-of-family-systems/ Sat, 13 Jun 2020 14:55:51 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=2380 When working with individuals with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) or mental health issues, it is imperative to address the larger family system in order to provide an understanding and context for the suffering and to elicit an opportunity to heal the entire family.  In order to effect long-lasting change, the support of family members is […]

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