FAMILY COUNSELING

When your family functions well, everyone in the family benefits.

When there are problems within the family, everyone feels the fallout.

Family is an integral part of each and every one of us.

It has a huge influence on our development, our habits, our communication patterns, and our problem-solving style. None of us came to be outside of a family system.

Every family has patterns of communicating and interacting with one another.

Those patterns may not be as healthy as they could be. It may be clear that your entire family is struggling.

Or, it could be that just one family member appears to be having a hard time. For that family member to improve, there are times the entire family has to adjust come of the patterns that are contributing to the problem.

Your family can come to a better understanding of those patterns and improve the way you interact with each other.

Through family counseling, we can help you develop better communication and problem-solving skills.

Family counseling can reduce the amount of conflict in your home and bring you together as a more cohesive family.

Parent Training

Do all parents feel like this? Why won’t my children listen to me?

Those little darlings can make you want to pull your hair out! You look around and other parents seem to be handling their children flawlessly.

Parenting can be a source of great insecurity even when you are really successful in other areas of your life. The awesome responsibility of parenting can leave us fearful of scarring our children for life and filled with guilt for not being the perfect parent.

We have news for you: none of us are perfect parents.

We’ll teach you skills that help you deal with your children in an emotionally neutral way.

The strategies will help you maintain the authority in your family, while respecting the independence of your children.

Parenting Adolescents

What’s happened to my child?

Teenagers can be trying, confusing, and frustrating.

Their job in life is to figure out who they are and where they fit in. They’re beginning to develop a sense of independence but may not have the ability to effectively manage that independence. So many things are changing for them physically, socially, and emotionally, and those changes can be scary for you and for them.

Family counseling can help navigate this period of development in a healthy way so that your teen is better prepared for entering adulthood.

Children have a mind of their own, especially teenagers.

I feel like a terrible parent.

If I was a better parent, my teenager would be making better choices.

It’s common for parents to assume responsibility for bad choices their children make. As parents, we often think our children’s negative behavior is a reflection on our parenting.

Think back to some of the choices you made as a teenager. Do you think your parents were responsible for those decisions?

Adolescents make bad decisions.

That’s part of growing up. Those bad decisions often cause of loss of trust between parents and a teen.

Family counseling will assist your teen and your family in rebounding from bad decisions and rebuilding a trusting relationship.