News Articles - Divorce / Separation
Why Are Older Americans Divorcing in Record Numbers? The “Gray Divorce” Trend Explained
By Fox26, 08/03/26 “…While overall divorce rates in the U.S. have dropped to their lowest levels in decades, a surprising new trend is emerging among older Americans: the “gray divorce” boom. Today, roughly 36 percent of all divorces involve individuals who are 50 or older, and the divorce rate for those over 65 has tripled
Is Your Therapist Biased? Personal Agendas Are Creeping Into the Therapy Room
Wall Street Journal, 8/24/26 “…And many therapists are getting caught up in trends in both therapy and the culture, including the encouragement of victimhood, estrangements and the broadening of terms like “harassment” and “abuse,” says William Doherty, a therapist and professor emeritus of family social science at the University of Minnesota, who has studied the
Kelley Wolf Apologizes to Ex Scott Wolf After Experiencing ‘Drug-Induced Mania with Psychosis’: ‘I Owe You My Life’
By People, 08/29/26 “…I am so sorry. My husband of twenty years was taken through a nightmare that wouldn’t even fly in a movie script; it was so brutal,” Kelley said in slide four. “The things I did, said, wrote, and posted caused profound harm and were not based in truth or reality. And they
Biases Against Men in Couples Therapy
By Nafees Alam, PhD, 03/16/26 “…This article explores biases against men in couples therapy. While feminist critiques rightly challenged rigid gender roles in early therapeutic models, some of these corrections have overcompensated, creating new blind spots in how male clients are understood and treated. …” Read the entire article: https://openinquirymentalhealth.substack.com/p/biases-against-men-in-couples-therapy?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Does the family court system truly understand the children whose lives it is changing?
By Conservative Women, 06/02/26 “…A calm parent is not necessarily safe. A distressed parent is not necessarily unreliable. A child’s wishes may be coached, conflicted, frightened from being shaped by loyalty. Contact may be healing in one case and harmful in another. Refusing contact may protect a child in one situation and entrench injustice in