Jesper Juul Biography

Jesper Juul was a Danish family therapist and author, renowned internationally as an authority on the family. He argued that families stand at an exciting crossroads as the destructive values governing traditional hierarchical families—obedience, violence, and conformity—are being transformed. His work delves into the complex dynamics of family relationships and how modern societies shape their evolution. Juul sought to understand and explain the changing nature of family structures and the challenges they present.