family psychotherapy: family secrets
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.*
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Panic VHS | DVD (2000) John Ritter, William Macy, Neve Campbell, Tracy Ullman, Donald Sutherland: 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.