The goal of family counseling is to
help family members become experts in their own family…
to know their own family structure so well that they can readjust it
without the help of an expert.
(Adapted from Murray Bowen)
family counseling
Family Counseling, Therapy & Coaching
“That which is created in a relationship can be fixed in a relationship.” -Murray Bowen
Family counseling can teach you and the members of your family to deepen emotional connections. Whether it is learning to strengthen family bonds through specific activities, or how to communicate with each member in a more productive way, counseling and coaching can help.
Family therapy is meant to help you and your family members understand one another better and bring you closer together. It may include all family members or just those who have specific issues to work out together. Even one family member can engage in family counseling – when one person changes, everyone changes. Family counseling typically brings several family members together in one session; however, a family member may also see a family therapist individually.
During family counseling, you will:
- Explore your family’s ability to solve problems and communicate thoughts and emotions
- Consider family roles and behavior patterns which may contribute to conflict while finding ways to work through those issues
- Identify your each member’s strengths, such as caring for one another, and weaknesses, such as difficulty confiding in one another
- Understand the family dynamics, helping create new, productive interactions
- Better understanding of healthy boundaries and family patterns and dynamics
- Improve communication with all members
- Have deeper empathy for specific mental health issues or disorders within the family structure
- Reduce conflict and have better anger management skills
Bring your family back into a loving, cohesive pattern of living and being.
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Issues You Might Address in Family Counseling:
Parenting Struggles
Marriage and Relationship Issues
Child and Teen Concerns
Divorce and New Parenting Structures
Communication Struggles an d Setting Healthy Boundaries
What The Therapist Will Do In Family Counseling:
Observe how family interacts with each other
Evaluate and resolve family relationship problems
Guide members through a life transition, like divorce or death of a loved one
Help replace dysfunctional issues with healthy ones
Facilitate dyadic conversations between members of the family
Teach family their own family structure, so they can change what’s not working in the process