Family Therapy
The family members you never asked for.
Desperation and resentment have become tangible presences in your home. You could even say they’ve become part of the family, settling into their own chair and cloaking the environment with unsettled tension.
That tension tries to cut each family member off from one another. But you’re not ready to give up on each other just yet.
There’s a desperation for each person to understand the other and resentment that none of you do – the lack of resolve smothers out your last flickers of hope.
You want things to change.
You’re grasping for any type of help, but you’re not sure how to communicate without setting off a bomb. It’s like you are all speaking different languages.
Sometimes, it’s easier to bury your feelings and pretend everything’s okay than to try and work things out.
You can’t understand each other, and everyone is feeling unheard. It feels like your family never really learned how to communicate during tough times, so now there’s only awkward silence, hurt feelings, and unspoken words remaining.
No one knows how to bridge this gap; with each argument, it just gets bigger.
Hope for a happy family dynamic.
With tact, clarity, and empathy, I guide families through a journey of relearning one another and exploring the very fabric that sustains their family rules, beliefs, and systems.
As we gently unknot the threads of their tangled dynamic, each member is encouraged to share their thoughts, feelings, and perspective.
A lot of the time, we humans seek acknowledgment of what we went through and not a reason as to why it had to be that way.
What to expect when working with a family therapist.
As we confront scary truths with compassion, we learn that each family’s strength lies in their collective resilience and love.
With each session, families learn to communicate openly and kindly, listen compassionately, take accountability, and support one another unconditionally.
Family therapy is less about fixing a problem and more about creating a safe place where each person feels heard, understood, and supported in their journey towards healing.
Siblings
Family therapy is usually seen as a place for parents and children to work through their differences, but it can also be a wonderful place for siblings to unpack and address hurtful family dynamics and experiences.
Some topics covered in family therapy for siblings include: sibling rivalry, parental favoritism and how it impacts their current sibling relationship, unresolved conflict, traumatic experiences, parental separation or divorce, family secrets, family roles for each child, and differences in values or beliefs.
Parents have the unique power to heal their families retroactively!
Since the most basic instinct is not for survival but for family (quote by Paul Pearsall), parents can use this truth to their advantage.
The tricky part can be taking accountability and ownership of where a parent might have dropped the ball.
Parents hold the keys to healing their own families – even if the kids are adults now.
They have the power to shift the fundamental views their family holds and rewrite narratives from the past into ones that are filled with love, forgiveness, and connection.
Transformation
When we listen to understand and not defend ourselves, a beautiful thing happens – a transformative shift begins to shake the family system.
Walls that once stood tall began to crumble. Hearts barricaded by icy barriers start melting.
The cloak that wrapped them in resentment and tension is replaced with the warm embrace of acceptance and unity.
Families even begin enjoying each other’s company and having conversations they never thought possible.
Work with me.
Whether it is the full family or just siblings coming to family therapy, they will foster a life-long relationship where accountability, trust, and warmth are present.
You will see love, determination, and belonging in your family.
Call today at (818) 835-0005 and commit to fighting for (not with) your family.