Family Therapy
What is Family Therapy?
Family therapy is intended to address problems that particularly impact the well-being and functioning of families. It can support each family member in fostering closer bonds, enhancing communication, and handling disputes inside the family unit. Family therapy can promote change in intimate relationships by enhancing how family members communicate and relate to one another.
Some of the main objectives of family therapy are Improving the home environment, resolving family conflicts, and fostering healthy family interactions.
How does Family Therapy work?
Family therapy is a research-proven intervention that is focused on theory and skill-based communication. It offers a secure, nonjudgmental, and supportive space for families where they can communicate honestly with a mental health expert. Working with the practitioner, the goal is to help the family members interact and communicate better and try to adopt healthy habits to enhance the well-being and efficiency of the family. In addition, family therapy can assist in diagnosing and treating a family member's behavioral or mental health issues.
When to choose Family therapy?
People with a wide range of problems can benefit from family therapy. Among these are a few of these:
Behavioral issues in kids or teenagers
Adjustments within the family
Issues with communication
Loss of a loved one
Divorce, separation, or issues in the marriage
Parent-child disputes
Issues arising between siblings
Parental concerns
Stressful situations or significant changes in life
Trauma
Individual mental health issues like anxiety, chronic disease, depression, and substance abuse that can impact the entire family can also be addressed with this kind of therapy (1).
What to expect from Family therapy?
The counselor might:
Discuss issues, difficulties, and goals for family therapy with each member of the family.
Invite everyone to engage in open conversation.
Make sure that everyone understands one another by making their words and emotions clear.
Assist family members in realizing the consequences of their actions and comments.
Assist the family in determining how they may cooperate to bring about constructive changes.
Provide solutions for modifying negative habits and behaviors.
Benefits of Family therapy
Family members can learn how to effectively communicate their needs and thoughts and resolve issues in a way that is less likely to strain relations because this type of treatment focuses on communication (2).
Additionally, the focus of this kind of treatment is on how family members can help each other through personal struggles. There are situations when family members of those suffering from mental illness are unaware of how to support them.
Family counseling can educate family members on how to support a family member with a mental illness while also maintaining their own mental health.
We specialize in:
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Family Conflict
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Grief and Loss
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Trauma
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Self-Esteem
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Premarital Counselling
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Children Teens and Families
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Anger and Interpersonal Conflict
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Love, Dating and Relationships
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Couples Counselling
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Christian Counselling
Modalities we utilize:
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
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Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
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Solution Focused
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Narrative Therapy
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Trauma Informed Therapies
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Prepare and Enrich
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Emotion Focused Therapy
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Mindfulness
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Play/Art Informed Therapy
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Family Systems Therapy
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Emotion Focused Skills Training
“Being the “best you can be” is really only possible when you are deeply connected to another. Splendid isolation is for planets, not people.”
— Sue Johnson, Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships
