Family Therapy
Family Therapy
“The way to free your feelings is simply to feel them.” – Shaeri Richards
With family therapy a therapist ideally will want to involve as many family members in the therapy as possible, however family therapy may be conducted with a single family member. Whether working with one or a family unit, therapists look at the entire family system as well as the community, school, and work environments to determine ways to help families improve their lives. Individual or family problems cannot be resolved without first understanding the larger system or environment.
When To Come In For Family Therapy
Family is one of the most important connections you can have. However sometimes the stresses of life, the need for a better work-life balance, a family crisis or mental health challenges for one or more family members can bring a family to its knees leaving a family struggling to find answers. Even the best of families sometimes need outside help at one point or another to help navigate issues that arise.
If you or your family are feeling as the issues you are experiencing are too big to handle any longer, then begin by setting up an appointment and start taking the steps needed to bring resolution and peace back to you and your family.
How Can Family Therapy Help?
The choice to seek family therapy is a big one, but certainly does not mean that you’ve failed or that your problems are not normal and cannot be resolved. The primary focus of family therapy is on healing people’s relationships as a primary pathway to recovery.
Families affect who we are as individuals and family therapy offers families a way to develop or maintain a healthy, functional family.
Build a strong, happy, healthy and loving family.
We will not blame or shame but work together to find the problem areas in the most constructive ways possible. Our goal is to teach you everything we know to help you fix the problems you are expressing and create skills to manage them. By working together as a team and receiving an outside, professional viewpoint we will work to make each session enjoyable and an uplifting experience for everyone. Family therapy can help you with:
- Teenage/adolescent struggles
- Intimacy or Infidelity
- Death of a family member/grief
- Separation or divorce
- Conflict between family members
- Mental health concerns
- Substance abuse/addiction
- Financial disagreements
- Caring for family members
- Problems in school
- Extended family/blended family
- Family crisis
Our Therapy Process
Begin by scheduling your initial appointment. We will pair you with a therapist that we believe will be the best fit for you and your current struggles.
During your initial evaluation we will have the opportunity to build rapport with and you can share your backgrounds and the reasons you are seeking counseling. In addition, we will be able to answer your questions regarding services, and what to expect with each session. With your best interests in mind, you will decide together what kind of treatment will benefit you the most.
At the end of your first session if you decide to move forward we will work on a schedule that works for everyone. Then moving forward, each session will involve set goals as you begin taking the right steps for the best overall therapy experience.
Call one of our 3 locations nearest you, either in Novi, Rochester Hills or Shelby Township and speak to our office staff to learn more about all available appointments.
The Benefits of Family Therapy
- Enhance communication
- Repair past hurt and issues
- Process underlying pain or anger
- Resolving conflict
- Understanding empathy/boundaries/patterns
- Working through intimacy issues
- Addressing disconnect
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