Family Therapy

With four years of experience in family therapy, I specialize in structural and strategic family approaches to help families build healthier interactions and boundaries. These evidence-based methods are particularly effective in helping families navigate complex issues and foster a supportive environment that encourages growth and resilience.

My passion is to help families who are hanging on by a string. The love that parents have for their children is universal. Every parent wants to provide their children with more than what they had growing up. But the blueprint of parenting that we were raised by is entirely different from the blueprint needed to raise a teen in our ever-changing, technology-driven, modern day culture. Parenting is the most humbling journey with the most steep learning curve but you are not alone.

Integrating family into the work with children and adolescents is key and family therapy is a big part of the work I do. For young people struggling with disordered eating, I am also trained in Family Based Therapy specifically for supporting families in feeding their child.

I have done family therapy in a traditional office setting, as well as Intensive Family Intervention, for families in crisis, conducted at home, school, or in the community in order to strengthen and stabilize the family, their home environment, and prevent out-of-home placements like hospitalization or incarceration.

We provide family therapy specializing in blended families and foster families. We believe that it is often true that our environment and those we are around have an impact on our wellbeing and how we learn to interact. Family involvement can be critical to treatment of children, teens, and adults struggling within interpersonal relationships of those in the home.

Family therapy has been a critical part of my private practice experience for the last 11 years. Family therapy is often overlooked when treating adolescents and young adults. I help families understand that they function as a system, and support each person in understanding their role that contributes to the family dynamic. I utilize talk therapy as well as in-session structured activities to encourage connection, healthy confrontation, and healing within the family.

Family therapists are trained to focus on relationships. As human beings, we are constantly engaging in some type of relationship. For many of us, the most impactful relationships we will experience are relationships with our family members, both our families of origin and our families of primary affiliation. When we spend significant amounts of time interacting with others patterns of interaction begin to emerge. One focus of family therapy is addressing patterns that cause distress.

As a PhD student in marriage and family therapy, I am consistently learning new, cutting edge techniques from the master's in the field. Some of the master clinicians I have worked with are Dr. Linda Metcalf (Narrative and Solution Focused Therapy), Dr. Meichenbaum (the father of CBT), Dr. David Keith (Symbolic Experiential Family Therapy), Elliot Connie (Solution Focused Brief Therapy) and Dr. Travis Heath (Narrative therapy).

We provide therapy services to children, adolescents, and families . We also work with parents in supporting their children.

I have completed training in Functional Family Therapy. It is a 3 stage model that seeks to identify the underlying emotions that are leading to the conflict in the family, then choosing specific skills to address these and make change, and finally to discuss how to maintain the changes made during therapy.

I've been providing family therapy for four years, using structural and strategic skills.

The goals of Reunification Family Therapy, regardless of the jurisdiction, are generally centered around promoting healthy and positive parent-child relationships, facilitating the reunification process, and supporting the well-being of all family members involved. Here are some common goals of reunification therapy: Rebuilding Parent-Child Bonds. Addressing Emotional and Psychological Challenges. Promoting Healthy Communication.Providing Education and Support. Enhancing the Child's Well-being.

The more I can understand about the family the more I can provide differing perspectives and insights on the dynamics. I would be glad to join you and your family toward developing deeper intimacy with one another and healing from the past hurts and hang ups.

Develop empathic understanding of all family members perspectives