Family Therapy

The concept of family can be different for everyone. Over the years I have worked with families in foster care, adoption, divorce, extended families, friends, grandparents, interracial, and just plain old nuclear families. My approach to family therapy is similar to couples in that the first goal is to work on a family’s ability to communicate with one another. Just because you have not spoken to or have had a poor relationship with one of your family members does not mean it cannot be different in the future. I encourage each

family member to voice what type of relationship they wish to have and then discuss how we can achieve that objective. After we indentify the maladaptive dynamics that are currently present in the family will strive to build new ways of interacting. I value the input each family member has and work to find a fair solution that all parties can agree on. When each member can acknowledge the role they play in the family, they can decide if that role is healthy and/or what they can do to promote more connection within the family.