Each Family Member Has Their Own Vignette. What Do They Do When Each Narrative is True?
As a marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles, I am supposed to have the skills to work with individuals, families and couples. That is a given, we get it. What is often misunderstood, and not fully recognized, is how one’s family plays an integral part in how we relate to the world, co-workers, business partners, romantic partners, marriages, children, friends and every social relationship in the lives we live.
Maria Hinojosa’s Latino USA reporting and conversations with the Quevedos family gives insight into past emotional wounds and how sensitive life experiences often shape our present and future engagement with other people. Damage imposed upon us in our youth often reveal ...