Sentences with phrase «of dysfunctional family»

The results of the present research bring to light several important implications for policymakers and practitioners working with divorced families and suggest the need for interventions based on a greater knowledge of the dysfunctional family processes.

The identity and emotional development of the members of a dysfunctional family are often inhibited

Mental health issues are viewed as signs of a dysfunctional family; therefore, the focus of treatment is on changing the family structure rather than changing individual family members.

Minuchin theorized that an individual's symptoms were a result of the dysfunctional family system, and he identified hidden hierarchies and relationships within the family that lead to dysfunction.

Children «carry the disease» of the dysfunctional family, as they have no other choice.

And when decisions must be made for families, decision - makers must be truly trained and have the skills to investigate based on knowledge of patterns of mental illness and family systems, rather than guessing based on the arguments of dysfunctional family members.

That person may protect the secrets of the dysfunctional family member and excuse their behavior.

we found in each of our lives that codependence is a deeply rooted compulsive behavior born out of our dysfunctional family systems

Others, however, have histories of dysfunctional family relationships and current individual and marital difficulties.

All of which are elements of a dysfunctional family cycle.

Clients are denied access to the full intellectual capital of the firm, innovation is stifled and employees are left feeling like children caught in the middle of a dysfunctional family.

There is a small sub-set of posters here who have the characteristics of a dysfunctional family.

Richard Billingham, the photographer who has made art out of images of his dysfunctional family, in their tower block home which his alcoholic father Ray rarely lives, is also nominated for his recent startling change of direction to deserted urban streetscapes under blazing blue skies.

Fans of dysfunctional family memoirs will have to look elsewhere for drama.

We recently named Jonathan Tropper's This Is Where I Leave You — a hilarious portrait of a dysfunctional family — as one of our 20 unexpected books for your reading group.

The author of the best - selling memoir Smashed bursts onto the fiction scene with the story of a dysfunctional family whose missing eldest sister might hold the key to everything.

Even so, they unearth virtues and remain redeemable as they form a kind of dysfunctional family.

«August: Osage County» in 2008, which explores the lives of several members of a dysfunctional family, the Westons, who travel to their childhood home headed by patriarch Beverly Weston (Shepard, Out of the Furnace) and his wife Violet (Streep, It's Complicated), who is afflicted with cancer of the mouth (both literally and figuratively) that causes her to seek a variety of prescription medications that, while alleviating the pain, also makes her exceedingly ornery to others.

There is not a sympathetic character in Landline, a comic drama about the various dysfunctions of a dysfunctional family.

In this underrated dramedy about one hell of a dysfunctional family, Carell plays Trent, Pam's (Toni Collette) scheming, cheating boyfriend.

Far too often, the dynamics of a dysfunctional family are portrayed as commonplace in the current cinema, yet each domestic unit is composed of different and variable elements.

Called One Percent, the series will star Helms as a member of a dysfunctional family that's...

But between Michael Giacchino's inspired interpretations of Lalo Schifrin's familiar theme and the film centering on a kind of dysfunctional family of four, there are some hints of The Incredibles, which is certainly not a bad thing.

Offering nothing new to the table of portrayals of the dysfunctional family at work or road trip pictures, Little Miss Sunshine is still a twisted pleasure.

Leaving aside the fact that none of these folks look like they belong in the same gene pool (and The Wire has a funny article about how only one of the actors in the film is actually Jewish), the premise has promise, since forcing the members of a dysfunctional family (and there is much «dys» here) to spend time in a small space could lead to some funny results.

There are at least two senses in which Irmgard's awkwardly timed reaction shot underscores Fassbinder's depiction of this dysfunctional family and the emotional and transactional bonds that tie it together — or fail to do so.

The new drama «August: Osage County,» based on the Pulitzer - and Tony - winning Tracy Letts play of the same name, tells the story of a dysfunctional family reuniting in Oklahoma over a fractious few days, during which dark secrets and old grudges are...

The film serves as a sort of spirit sequel to The Squid and the Whale with its tale of a dysfunctional family.

April's Daughter (Michel Franco, 2017) April's Daughter is the first of the first to delve into the malfunctions of a dysfunctional family.

Taking elements of the crime genre the film's real focus is on the corrosive nature of a dysfunctional family.

Baumbach has assembled an all - star that includes Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, and Adam Sandler (in one of his best performances in years), to tell the story of a dysfunctional family who has to deal with an emotional crisis.

Upset by the gathering of his dysfunctional family for Christmas, young Max rejects the holiday — an act that incites the wrath of the punisher of misbehaving children straight out of Alpine folklore, Krampus.

Love the Coopers (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality and mature themes) Holiday comedy, set in Pittsburgh, about the hijinks which unfold when several generations of a dysfunctional family convene for their annual Christmas gathering.

Part of a dysfunctional family, his mother is in jail and he lives with his mother's boyfriend and his grandfather, both rough troublemakers.

But all of the above is about to be derailed due to the deteriorating state of the dysfunctional family he's stuck with.

In fact, the movie could be viewed as a kind of dysfunctional family — both genetic family and work family.

It's true that Landecker can hardly be considered a neophyte, and just recently played Louie's Mom in the flashback episodes of «Louie,» but «Transparent» gives her her most nuanced central role yet, as ostensibly the most well - balanced of this dysfunctional family, yet also the one who effects, along with her father, the biggest life change of any of them when she leaves her husband for her lesbian college lover.

Michael Stahl - David also has a role in the film Uncle Nino, the story of a dysfunctional family who is helped by the arrival of their estranged Italian uncle.

It's hard to imagine anyone who has ever been caught up in cycles of dysfunctional family behavior coming out of «The Edge of Seventeen» entirely unaffected.

Competing for best musical or comedy will be «The Devil Wears Prada,» a satire of the fashion industry; «Thank You for Smoking,» a satire of the tobacco industry; «Borat,» a satire of America; «Little Miss Sunshine,» a heart - warming saga of a dysfunctional family; and «Dreamgirls,» which is loosely based on the saga of the Supremes and is the sole musical of the lot.

Also nominated: Cate Blanchett, ethereal in her role of a teacher having an affair with her young student; Abigail Breslin as a smart, irrepressible offspring of a dysfunctional family in «Little Miss Sunshine» (she has her emotional hooks into everybody); Rinko Kikuchi, as a deaf grieving teenager in «Babel» whose life becomes a target in her world, and Adriana Barraza as the Mexican maid who becomes the victim of a border guard while returning from her son's wedding in «Babel.»

It's a story of a dysfunctional family driving cross-country to enter its beloved daughter in a beauty pageant.

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) Funny, moving and psychologically complex, this is writer - director Noah Baumbach's latest foray into the intricate paradoxes of dysfunctional family dynamics, and, starring Dustin Hoffman, Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller, it ranks with his best.

The indie dramedy genre is generally characterized by it's portrayal of a dysfunctional family, a haphazard group of friends or a bumbling arrangement of strangers in a scenario where there are multiple revelations, declarations and betrayals, soaked in sappy sentimentality and feel - good moments.

Funny, moving and psychologically complex, «The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)» is the latest examination by writer - director Noah Baumbach («The Squid and the Whale,» «While We're Young») of the intricate paradoxes of dysfunctional family dynamics, and it ranks with the best.

Those two cases had in common the misguided desire of a self - interested adult member of a dysfunctional family to profit by exposing their child to a media storm.

I come from «shameless» caretakers, abandonment, ridicule, abuse, neglect — perfectionistic systems I am empowered by the shocking intensity of a parent's rage The cruel remarks of siblings The jeering humiliation of other children The awkward reflection in the mirrors The touch that feels icky and frightening The slap, the pinch, the jerk that ruptures trust I am intensified by A racist, sexist culture The righteous condemnation of religious bigots The fears and pressures of schooling The hypocrisy of politicians The multigenerational shame of dysfunctional family systems MY NAME IS TOXIC SHAME

If you've ever caught a rerun of Everybody Loves Raymond, you've witnessed a pretty good take on society's view of the dysfunctional family.

In the classic»80s movie Back to the Future, Marty McFly journeys back in time to fix the mistakes of his dysfunctional family.

It is right for the children of that mother, once they have «escaped» to seek to help their brothers and sisters out of that dysfunctional family, or to teach their siblings how to cope with their mother's abuses.