Family secrets refer to those topics charged with intense feelings of fear,
shame, and guilt. To speak openly about them is forbidden although, as a rule, the entire
family knows about them. The taboo against revealing the secrets is primarily to avoid
mortification and conflict.*
Books and Other
Media:
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- Around the Bend
DVD Michael Caine, Christopher Walken, Josh Lucas, and Jonah Bobo 2004
- Curse of the Golden Flower
DVD Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong, Jay Chou, and Ye Liu 2007
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Her Majesty
DVD Sally Andrews, Anna Sheridan, Mark
Clare, Alison Routledge 2001
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Panic DVD John Ritter, William Macy, Neve Campbell, Tracy Ullman,
Donald Sutherland 2000
Men, women, marriage, affairs, guns, killing, generations,
husbands, wives, psychotherapy,
boundaries,
the duty to protect, family secrets, emptiness,
but most of all fathers and sons.
Setting aside the elements of film that categorize the academy awards what I
liked most about this powerful film were the endless unanswered questions
and the glimmer of hope that our sons can be better than their fathers.
*Extracted with permission from Simon, Fritz et al Language of Family
Therapy - A Systemic Vocabulary and Source Book (Family Process Press Series)
Paperback 1985 Family Process, Inc.
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