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Joshua Coleman

Clinical Psychologist and Author, San Francisco, California

Joshua Coleman is a psychologist in private practice and senior fellow with the Council on Contemporary Families. His books include The Marriage Makeover (2004), The Lazy Husband (2005), When Parents Hurt (2007) and Rules of Estrangement (2021). He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Written by Joshua Coleman

Construction workers sitting and standing around, some wearing hard hats, during a break outside a building, with a temporary orange safety fence visible.

essayGender and identity

A manly divorce

Straight men rarely write about the end of their marriages. Our enduring ideas about gender explain this silence

Joshua Coleman

Bride and groom side by side in a vintage wedding ceremony, both with serious expressions, surrounded by attendees.

essayLove and friendship

The right person

Contemporary wisdom says that happiness is the measure of a marriage. But is that a harmful way of judging relationships?

Joshua Coleman

Black-and-white photo of a solitary person walking along a desolate beach with dilapidated shacks and overcast skies.

essayMood and emotion

Radical acceptance

The painful feelings you avoid grow twisted in the dark. By facing your sorrows and struggles you can take back your life

Joshua Coleman

A blonde woman sitting on a red sofa, looking out of a window, with a red blanket over her legs, clutching a hot water bottle to her chest.

essayFamily life

Estranged

When feeling good about ourselves matters more than filial duty, cutting off our parents comes to seem like a valid choice

Joshua Coleman