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[quote=Anonymous]It helped me. I had SO MANY issues with my parents that my therapist said I had to pick one for each parent, because of limited time (they live across the country). My father had apparently NO IDEA that he ruled and disciplined through fear and that I spent my entire childhood afraid of him. It was sobering for him to hear that. It still took him several years to get his temper under control but he worked at it and has mellowed. I discussed one thing about my mom that drove me nuts, and at one point the therapist said to her "What would happen if Lauren did this? I mean, would you DIE?" And my mother said "Well maybe." And that released me of any guilt I felt about dealing with the thing she did that drove me nuts. It was very freeing. So maybe my parents didn't feel like family therapy helped, but it helped me. [/quote]
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