Adult Family Therapy
Hurt and resentment run deep.
Your dreams of having a family that grew up and now spend days together having fun with laughter-filled meals have not happened. Instead, old arguments arise, distance prevails, and new pain and conflict are part of the family experience.
Time and time again, your days together dissolve into the same arguments and hard feelings. Instead of looking forward to time together, you stay alert beforehand, and your stomach is in knots.
You yearn for good communication, a trusting relationship, and empathy for each other, which seems out of your grasp. Trying to get everyone on the same page when things are fraught is complex and appears next to impossible.
Things never change.
How is it no one else seems to want to move on?
You spend hours thinking of ways to create harmony within the family but feel resentful and unheard.
The old patterns raise their ugly heads repeatedly, even after you feel you have put them to rest with endless family conversations.
Can we all be adults?
Your family is grown, you are grown, but your roles feel the same as when you were children.
No one acknowledges your needs, and the love and connection with them seem like a distant memory, but the anger and resentment continue to grow.
Can they not see that we are all adults with ideas, needs, and new roles in life? Can we not leave the rest behind?
Family therapy can help you move forward.
Family therapy may be for you if constant conflict, stress, or emotional distance characterizes your family life. We can help you develop the ability to communicate effectively, work through disagreements, and strengthen the family bond.
Family bonds are complex and profound, but achieving harmony is often tricky. Getting help to build thoughtful communication, seeing problems from others’ perspectives, and intending to create a better relationship are all essential components for strengthening the family.
Clarifying each member’s objectives, educating, counseling, and strengthening are all goals in the family therapy practice. Whether you decide you want to heal or reconcile, reduce conflict and tension, solve immediate or long-term problems, rebuild trust, or prevent future conflict, family therapy can help.
Even if you experience resistance in getting your loved ones to therapy, that is okay. We can still meet individually to discuss skills you can bring into your family system.