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How family financial dependence complicates individual mental health and autonomy

My therapist suggested I set boundaries with my family but she does not understand that saying no means they might lose their apartment.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Therapeutic advice designed for middle-class nuclear families can be inapplicable or harmful in contexts of economic interdependence.

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