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FAMILY THERAPY

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Family therapy focuses on addressing challenges that hinder communication and connectedness through an examination of how each individual functions within the family unit. We actively collaborate to discern insights into feelings, beliefs, and behaviors in order to improve the overall wellness of the family. These discernments generally lead to the creation of goals and a plan of action for change.

These are the types of issues and concerns that can be addressed in family therapy sessions:

  • anxiety
  • depression
  • PTSD
  • complex trauma
  • eating disorders
  • LGBTQIA
  • gender identity
  • sexual identity
  • addiction
  • substance abuse
  • coping skills
  • infidelity
  • codependency
  • parenting
  • peer relationships
  • infertility
  • pregnancy
  • prenatal/postpartum depression
  • school issues
  • self-esteem
  • spirituality
  • stress
  • anger management
  • disassociation

Some common questions that bring people to family counseling are:

How do we deal with unexpected changes that have arisen?
How do we stop our constant fighting?
How can we make our family more cohesive and resilient?
How can we communicate more effectively about conflict?
How do we reduce the stress in our home?

In family therapy sessions, issues and concerns can be addressed through mindfulness and meditation; person-centered, emotion-centered, and solution-focused techniques; family systems theory; Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing; cognitive behavioral methods; parts work approaches; and the Gottman method.