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'You are allowed to moan, complain and want time to yourself': Coping with family pressure

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Weekend writer·Bay of Plenty Times·
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For parents, life can sometimes feel like an unrelenting rollercoaster. Here's how to take the pressure down.

When families come to therapy, many wonder if there's a diagnosis to be found to explain their difficulties, says Dr Kirsty Ross, a senior clinical psychologist and lecturer at Massey University.

One of the most common things she does, however, is normalise their stressors as "problems of life".

Just as people go through developmental changes, families go through changes that require learning new

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