Family Therapy

Can therapy help my family?

Family therapy, sometimes referred to as conjoint psychotherapy, is a type of treatment designed to help with issues that specifically affect families’ mental health and focusing. Family therapy focuses on the family structure and relationships between members, not on the individuals. Usual goals of family therapy include improving communication and collaboration, assisting with major changes within the family, solving family problems, assisting with major changes within the family, understanding and handling family situations and creating a better functioning home environment. Participants may learn how to make themselves heard effectively, but not hurtfully or aggressively.

The techniques used in family therapy typically depend on factors such as the theoretical orientation of your therapist and the specific needs of your family. Your provider may ask direct questions, such as when the trouble started, how each person feels about the problem, and what you may have doing to manage the situation so far. From that point, you will work with your provider to create a treatment plan to improve family conflicts.

In Family therapy, you and your family will talk with a licensed provider as a group. Insurace will require one person in the family be identified as the primary patient. The person named as the primary patient must have symptoms which support a diagnosis. If you know who the primary patient will be, please make us aware when you are completing the new patient paperwork. If you are unsure if any family member has a diagnosis, your provider will help with this assessment. If symptoms do not support a diagnosis, self pay will be required.

Family sessions are between 26 and 50 minutes.