Family Therapy

Childhood Stress, Depression & Anxiety

Families come in all shapes and sizes. Like individuals, a family has unique characteristics that separate it from other families. When individuals present as part of a family system, movement in the individual affects movement in all. In Family therapy, pathology is not viewed in individual terms.

Pathology is considered in the relational patterns that adapt and change within a family’s unique experiences and challenges. Many families come into therapy for issues that they believe they should be able to manage without assistance. But the dynamics within the family system have “gone off the rails” to the point that they are experiencing very real individual discomfort. Family therapy can assist with these struggles by providing the opportunity to look at the pathological patterns within the system, rather than trying to identify the problem as an individual family member. It “takes the blame and shame” out of the the therapy process and focuses on ways to enact change, insight and growth on a systemic level, ultimately allowing individual growth and healing as well.

Some common issues that bring families into therapy include . . .

  • Adjustment and transition issues (family relocations, family additions, divorce and remarriage)
  • Communication difficulties
  • Behavioral concerns
  • Attachment difficulties
  • Parenting Skills
  • Addiction
  • Disordered Eating

* Please contact me to schedule a free, 15 minute consultation by phone or in person if you feel I may be of assistance to you or your family.