Family therapy helps members address issues that affect the psychological health of everyone in the family unit. Families transition over time and many life stages can introduce different challenges. The mental health issues of one family member can impact others. Unhelpful patterns of relating, ongoing conflict, changes to the composition of the family, among other changes, can result in dysfunction.
Families can benefit from therapy when they experience any stressful life event that may strain relationships. Separation, divorce, remarriage, and the death of a loved one often prompt people to seek family therapy.
It can also be effective for addressing mental health concerns of members that impact the entire family, such as depression, substance abuse, chronic illness, and food issues.
Day-to-day concerns, such communication problems, interpersonal conflict, or behavioral problems in children and adolescents are also common reasons for utilizing family therapy.
Family therapy sessions last between 55 minutes, unless otherwise determined by your clinician and based on the ages and number of family members participating.