FeelEnright Counseling, LLC

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Family Therapy

Is your family going through a difficult transition, such as separation/divorce, military deployments, a big move, or maybe a new job? If you answered yes, and you’ve noticed that this transition is causing difficulty in all or some of your family members than it might be time to give me a call. I can work with your family in building the necessary tools to cope with the shift.

Life transitions can be difficult for the adults in the family, as well as on the children. Oftentimes in these situations (ex. divorce, military deployments, big moves, etc.), children do not have the necessary words to express their feelings. This frequently looks like children being irritable/angry/mean; perhaps lashing out verbally at siblings or parents, in school, or with their peers. This new behavior can be frustrating for the parents, schools, and friends, but it may also be frustrating and confusing to the child. If you think that your child(ren) would benefit from working with me to help them identify their feelings and learn appropriate ways of handling their emotions, please give me a call. 

Family therapy can also be helpful for all members to learn better communication skills, which will hopefully lead to less conflict and stress. Family therapy can be done as an entire family or the sessions can be broken down in to subsets of the family (ex. parents and one child, only the children, one parent and one child, one parent and all children, etc.). It is important to remember that we live within our family and its dynamics, meaning we cannot change ourselves if the dynamics in the family do not also change.

Family therapy is also used as an adjunct to individual therapy. If your child(ren) are seeing a therapist, oftentimes, there will be family therapy sessions included to help everyone in the family learn new skills. If you have questions about how family therapy might benefit your family or how it might work for your specific family and situation, please give me a call!