A Curious Route

Tag: family

  • Some People Are the Glue that Hold a Group Together

    I wrote this matter-of-fact title as a reflection. A latterly response to a past significant bereavement. It has until now, remained penned, but undeveloped. Stated, but unexplored. Before revisiting it now, it felt less a contemplation, more an obvious fact of life. What more was there to say about it? That was that. At the…

  • Triangulation: When Three Really is a Crowd

    In this piece, I’m using the well-known family systems concept of ‘triangulation’ to describe a particular process I’ve noticed in and outside therapy, to myself included: A relationship moment where the idea that “two’s company, but three’s a crowd” can actually ring true, especially in the context of navigating complicated group and relationship dynamics. When…