Family Therapy

You love your family, but they drive you CRAZY!

Between the political divisiveness, disagreements about child-rearing, and the fact that all your dad does is pick on you.

When the holidays roll around again, you can’t wait until the end. You do everything you can to armor up, but you feel like your 16-year-old self again when you get there.

Nothing much has changed. Dad is already drinking, and mom is in anxiety mode. Why can’t you all get along?

Family is important to you, but dealing with the same old issues is tiring.

Families are a reflection of ourselves.

Our families have significantly impacted who we are, how we relate to others, and how we see ourselves in the world.

We tend to replicate those exact things we said we would never do because we know how to do those things and because they are comfortable.

When we try to grow and change, our families often sabotage our growth because they take it personally and feel threatened when we step out of the box to improve ourselves.

Mothers and fathers see us as that 16-year-old kid rather than the adult we have become.

Therapy helps maintain family ties.

Family therapy provides a roadmap to your family history, your family of origin, and how you have inherited and learned certain behaviors and thought patterns that may no longer serve you.

We begin with a family history for three generations, identifying issues such as communication styles, people cut off from other family members, and family violence and addiction. My approach is to help families dive deeply into how they resolved conflicts in the past and what they have brought into their current relationships.

We all wish to belong, be loved, and accepted for who we are. Our families often trigger our basic desires while inhibiting collaborative conversations, frequently leaving us sad and isolated.

Let’s work to make your family have the right conversations and bond together rather than break apart. Contact me so we can make things less crazy.