Family Therapy in Carbondale, CO

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Shelley A. Senterfitt
Licensed Professional Counselor, JD, MS, LPC, NCC, BCC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Carbondale, CO 81623
I love working with clients who are facing divorce, custody, or other family law issues. As a family lawyer turned therapist, I bring a keen understanding of the legal system to my clinical work with individuals & couples. However, not all of my clients are getting divorced! I also enjoy working with couples who wish to improve their relationships as well as individuals seeking to grow. Many of my clients are lawyers or other professionals who value my ability to analyze issues strategically and understand the challenges of a demanding profession. Drawing from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, & multicultural counseling traditions, I collaborate with clients to explore their concerns, set goals, & develop a plan for moving forward. My warm, empathic presence combined with my solution-focused approach allows me to provide non-judgmental support as clients tackle life's challenges.
I love working with clients who are facing divorce, custody, or other family law issues. As a family lawyer turned therapist, I bring a keen understanding of the legal system to my clinical work with individuals & couples. However, not all of my clients are getting divorced! I also enjoy working with couples who wish to improve their relationships as well as individuals seeking to grow. Many of my clients are lawyers or other professionals who value my ability to analyze issues strategically and understand the challenges of a demanding profession. Drawing from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, & multicultural counseling traditions, I collaborate with clients to explore their concerns, set goals, & develop a plan for moving forward. My warm, empathic presence combined with my solution-focused approach allows me to provide non-judgmental support as clients tackle life's challenges.
(404) 238-7901 View (404) 238-7901
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Jenna Willis
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623  (Online Only)
I am a Colorado Native with over 10 years of experience as a social worker, dedicated to helping you navigate life's challenges. If you are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, or family relationships, I am here to help. My approach is solution-focused and goal-oriented, designed to help you overcome obstacles and achieve your desired outcomes. Together, we can process your past, improve your present, and move towards a brighter future.
I am a Colorado Native with over 10 years of experience as a social worker, dedicated to helping you navigate life's challenges. If you are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, or family relationships, I am here to help. My approach is solution-focused and goal-oriented, designed to help you overcome obstacles and achieve your desired outcomes. Together, we can process your past, improve your present, and move towards a brighter future.
(720) 896-7172 View (720) 896-7172
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Anna Sage
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LAC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carbondale, CO 81623  (Online Only)
Anna has worked in the mental health field starting as a peer specialist and now a clinical mental health counselor. She has worked with adults with mental health issues and substance problems for nearly a decade. She believes everyone can improve their life with determination, hard work and the proper guidance. Anna specializes in anxiety, depression, coping with addictions, family conflicts and coping with grief and loss. She has experience using Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness.
Anna has worked in the mental health field starting as a peer specialist and now a clinical mental health counselor. She has worked with adults with mental health issues and substance problems for nearly a decade. She believes everyone can improve their life with determination, hard work and the proper guidance. Anna specializes in anxiety, depression, coping with addictions, family conflicts and coping with grief and loss. She has experience using Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness.
(970) 536-5706 View (970) 536-5706
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Delfina Huergo
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623
Hi! My name is Delfina Huergo and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado. I was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I received my Master's degree in Psychology and Science from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2007. I worked with Mind Springs Health since 2010 providing bilingual services to children, adolescents and adults, doing both individual and family therapy. Trauma and Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adjustment Disorders, Cultural Matters, etc. I use a combination of Psycho-Analytical, Experiential, Client-Centered, (Trauma Focused) Cognitive Behavioral Therapies and Mindfulness-Based Strategies offered in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Hi! My name is Delfina Huergo and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado. I was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I received my Master's degree in Psychology and Science from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2007. I worked with Mind Springs Health since 2010 providing bilingual services to children, adolescents and adults, doing both individual and family therapy. Trauma and Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adjustment Disorders, Cultural Matters, etc. I use a combination of Psycho-Analytical, Experiential, Client-Centered, (Trauma Focused) Cognitive Behavioral Therapies and Mindfulness-Based Strategies offered in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
(970) 924-0532 View (970) 924-0532
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Stephanie Peetz
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623  (Online Only)
I take a systems approach that incorporates you, your work, family, and environment and can adapt my approach based your needs and goals.
I approach therapy similarly to how I approach life: striving for health in all areas (emotional, physical, mental, spiritual, relational, etc.). If you are looking to become a healthier and more authentic version of yourself, you are in the right place. As a mental health provider, I believe clients guide the therapeutic process and therapy is, by nature, collaborative work. I am able to tailor my theoretical approach based on a client's unique needs and goals. I pull from a variety of theoretical orientations including, but not limited to, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, solution-focused therapy.
I take a systems approach that incorporates you, your work, family, and environment and can adapt my approach based your needs and goals.
I approach therapy similarly to how I approach life: striving for health in all areas (emotional, physical, mental, spiritual, relational, etc.). If you are looking to become a healthier and more authentic version of yourself, you are in the right place. As a mental health provider, I believe clients guide the therapeutic process and therapy is, by nature, collaborative work. I am able to tailor my theoretical approach based on a client's unique needs and goals. I pull from a variety of theoretical orientations including, but not limited to, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, solution-focused therapy.
(720) 806-6162 View (720) 806-6162
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Jodi Huffman
MEd, BCBA
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623
Together, we will foster growth, understanding, and resilience, with the ultimate aim of promoting a deep sense of belonging and well-being for your child and your entire family.
I find the greatest fulfillment when I experience a sense of belonging and deep connection in my relationships, work, and community. As a holistic, neurodiversity affirming therapist, my goal is to ensure that every child and parent feels a genuine sense of belonging. I firmly believe that families and caregivers hold a unique and influential role in shaping a child's self-perception from an early age. In our journey together, we will establish a warm, collaborative, and safe environment where we can openly explore behavioral challenges and delve into the dynamics of your family.
Together, we will foster growth, understanding, and resilience, with the ultimate aim of promoting a deep sense of belonging and well-being for your child and your entire family.
I find the greatest fulfillment when I experience a sense of belonging and deep connection in my relationships, work, and community. As a holistic, neurodiversity affirming therapist, my goal is to ensure that every child and parent feels a genuine sense of belonging. I firmly believe that families and caregivers hold a unique and influential role in shaping a child's self-perception from an early age. In our journey together, we will establish a warm, collaborative, and safe environment where we can openly explore behavioral challenges and delve into the dynamics of your family.
(970) 540-5185 View (970) 540-5185
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Michael Conner
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623  (Online Only)
Trauma, divorce, life transitions, co-parenting issues. You may be experiencing sleep issues, emotional numbness, lack of interest in activities, and lack of energy. Many times there is also guilt associated with any one of these occurrences. With the correct treatment, you don't have to feel this way any longer. You want to be able to feel again - to not only have numb or angry as emotions. You want to be fully engaged with your family and friends again. To be able to smile and laugh and to actually mean it. You want to know that you are not alone. Invictus Counseling Associates offers both face-to-face.
Trauma, divorce, life transitions, co-parenting issues. You may be experiencing sleep issues, emotional numbness, lack of interest in activities, and lack of energy. Many times there is also guilt associated with any one of these occurrences. With the correct treatment, you don't have to feel this way any longer. You want to be able to feel again - to not only have numb or angry as emotions. You want to be fully engaged with your family and friends again. To be able to smile and laugh and to actually mean it. You want to know that you are not alone. Invictus Counseling Associates offers both face-to-face.
(720) 902-8948 View (720) 902-8948
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Wendy Gaylord, LCSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623
I specialize in couple's therapy using the most current techniques in relationship counseling. I believe that many issues couples face, issues that often lead to relationship breakup, are normal, understandable and treatable through therapy. After years as a therapist, I have found a method for couples counseling, EFT(Emotionally Focused Therapy), that systematically addresses deep relationship issues and empowers profound and lasting change. I have been married for 40 years, have four children, value family as a stable base and would not be where I am today without the support of professional marriage counseling. I believe in it!
I specialize in couple's therapy using the most current techniques in relationship counseling. I believe that many issues couples face, issues that often lead to relationship breakup, are normal, understandable and treatable through therapy. After years as a therapist, I have found a method for couples counseling, EFT(Emotionally Focused Therapy), that systematically addresses deep relationship issues and empowers profound and lasting change. I have been married for 40 years, have four children, value family as a stable base and would not be where I am today without the support of professional marriage counseling. I believe in it!
(720) 608-4537 View (720) 608-4537
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Henry Garrett Maxwell
CAS, CRS, CAI, CPC
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623
My service consists of individual and family recovery coaching, treatment coordination and placement, and client and family advocacy.
Primarily, I work with young people between the ages of 16-35, and their families, struggling with addiction and co-occurring disorders. I work nationally, as well as locally in the Aspen, Carbondale, Basalt, and Glenwood Springs area.
My service consists of individual and family recovery coaching, treatment coordination and placement, and client and family advocacy.
Primarily, I work with young people between the ages of 16-35, and their families, struggling with addiction and co-occurring disorders. I work nationally, as well as locally in the Aspen, Carbondale, Basalt, and Glenwood Springs area.
(970) 514-9933 View (970) 514-9933
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Carol Grace
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623
In the safety and care of Heart-Centered Presence, we explore developmental stages, consciousness evolution; rewire maladaptative patterns and behaviors, family, environmental influences and resulting behaviors like addiction, anxiety, stress.
Couple, individual, family guidance and loving support for relationship concerns of all kinds; trauma and distress that may be impacting your current situation. Uncover and turn off unconscious core beliefs that may be activating mental or emotional symptoms such as anxiety, depression, stress, illness, or general life dissatisfaction; unwanted patterns. Lifestyle, mind-body processes, conscious evolution for identity shifts, divorce, infidelity, co-dependency, recovery, family strife; anger, addictions, intimacy and self-esteem issues, grief and loss, life transitions, aging, death, empty nest - toward a fulfilling, thriving life.
In the safety and care of Heart-Centered Presence, we explore developmental stages, consciousness evolution; rewire maladaptative patterns and behaviors, family, environmental influences and resulting behaviors like addiction, anxiety, stress.
Couple, individual, family guidance and loving support for relationship concerns of all kinds; trauma and distress that may be impacting your current situation. Uncover and turn off unconscious core beliefs that may be activating mental or emotional symptoms such as anxiety, depression, stress, illness, or general life dissatisfaction; unwanted patterns. Lifestyle, mind-body processes, conscious evolution for identity shifts, divorce, infidelity, co-dependency, recovery, family strife; anger, addictions, intimacy and self-esteem issues, grief and loss, life transitions, aging, death, empty nest - toward a fulfilling, thriving life.
(970) 279-1936 View (970) 279-1936
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Lily Tomasula Martin
Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate, MFTC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carbondale, CO 81623
As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I deeply believe in the power of being truly seen and heard.
Hello, I am so glad you're here! While our journeys are uniquely our own, we don't have to navigate them in isolation. I thrive working with couples, families, and adolescents that hoping for change in their lives. If you are experiencing relationship distress, challenging family dynamics, or navigating parenting then I would feel honored to support you. I aim provide compassionate care to empower you in the skills you already posses and create change in areas of your life that are not serving you. You are so much more than the struggles you face and I want to not only ease the weight you carry, but celebrate your successes.
As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I deeply believe in the power of being truly seen and heard.
Hello, I am so glad you're here! While our journeys are uniquely our own, we don't have to navigate them in isolation. I thrive working with couples, families, and adolescents that hoping for change in their lives. If you are experiencing relationship distress, challenging family dynamics, or navigating parenting then I would feel honored to support you. I aim provide compassionate care to empower you in the skills you already posses and create change in areas of your life that are not serving you. You are so much more than the struggles you face and I want to not only ease the weight you carry, but celebrate your successes.
(970) 550-2909 View (970) 550-2909
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Jessie Huffman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Carbondale, CO 81623
I look forward to helping you make an informed decision for yourself or your family.
As a licensed therapist, I enjoy working with individuals in all stages of life (adults, children, teens, and families). After spending years as a Denver based mental health clinician, I am thrilled to return to private practice in my hometown of the Roaring Fork Valley. I am able to address a wide range of challenges that we all struggle with at certain points in our lives, including anxiety, trauma, grief, motivation, relationships, depression, and more. Sessions are always grounded in my clients' sense of a trusting and positive therapeutic relationship. This is the foundation from which our work together begins.
I look forward to helping you make an informed decision for yourself or your family.
As a licensed therapist, I enjoy working with individuals in all stages of life (adults, children, teens, and families). After spending years as a Denver based mental health clinician, I am thrilled to return to private practice in my hometown of the Roaring Fork Valley. I am able to address a wide range of challenges that we all struggle with at certain points in our lives, including anxiety, trauma, grief, motivation, relationships, depression, and more. Sessions are always grounded in my clients' sense of a trusting and positive therapeutic relationship. This is the foundation from which our work together begins.
(970) 474-5196 View (970) 474-5196
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Rachel Poirier
MEd, BCBA
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623
A future in which you have a clear picture of what success looks and feels like for your family, and a roadmap of how to build skills in a supportive way so that you can make that picture a reality.
Parenting a child who’s struggling can be incredibly tough. Perhaps your family is navigating a diagnosis, or working through behavior and learning challenges at home or school. I teach parents to support their kids in more calm, confident, and connected ways, and I help kids grow their social, emotional, and academic skills. Executive function is often at the root of many struggles with learning and behavior. I’m here for families who are ready to get unstuck. Changing patterns and shifting behavior is not easy, it takes time…and, it’s worth it.
A future in which you have a clear picture of what success looks and feels like for your family, and a roadmap of how to build skills in a supportive way so that you can make that picture a reality.
Parenting a child who’s struggling can be incredibly tough. Perhaps your family is navigating a diagnosis, or working through behavior and learning challenges at home or school. I teach parents to support their kids in more calm, confident, and connected ways, and I help kids grow their social, emotional, and academic skills. Executive function is often at the root of many struggles with learning and behavior. I’m here for families who are ready to get unstuck. Changing patterns and shifting behavior is not easy, it takes time…and, it’s worth it.
(970) 676-3158 View (970) 676-3158
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Kari Yuen
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC, EMDR
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623
I embrace the opportunity to work with individuals seeking purpose and new meaning in life. I am experienced in working with both adolescents and adults in residential and community settings. I enjoy helping individuals faced with addiction, family conflict, complex trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Through EMDR, DBT, CBT, individuals are empowered to regain control and confidence within and with others.
I embrace the opportunity to work with individuals seeking purpose and new meaning in life. I am experienced in working with both adolescents and adults in residential and community settings. I enjoy helping individuals faced with addiction, family conflict, complex trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Through EMDR, DBT, CBT, individuals are empowered to regain control and confidence within and with others.
(970) 404-8129 View (970) 404-8129
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Neysa DeMann
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carbondale, CO 81623
Most people struggle from time to time with issues within themselves or in their most significant relationships: family, friends, intimate partners. I can help you deal with your immediate symptoms and provide the support and tools you need to enhance your coping skills. My services include therapy for adults, couples, teens, and families. I also provide supervision for pre-licensed MFTs as well as consultation services for both licensed and unlicensed therapists. Please continue onto my site for a more detailed overview, or find me on Yelp.
Most people struggle from time to time with issues within themselves or in their most significant relationships: family, friends, intimate partners. I can help you deal with your immediate symptoms and provide the support and tools you need to enhance your coping skills. My services include therapy for adults, couples, teens, and families. I also provide supervision for pre-licensed MFTs as well as consultation services for both licensed and unlicensed therapists. Please continue onto my site for a more detailed overview, or find me on Yelp.
(310) 486-2963 View (310) 486-2963
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Kathleen Marie McCain
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623  (Online Only)
Bachelors Degree through Colorado State University, in Pueblo, following the time I took to raise my family, thanks to the support of a good man.
Being a Licensed Clinical Social Work (LCSW) has been a journey of self discovery. My plan is to help you, in your self discovery. I have seen many people working on their life journeys in mental health hospitals, addiction treatment centers, day programs for individuals with disabilities, schools and multiple community agencies. Acquired skills from these locales include therapies with individuals, groups and families. Topics of specialty: individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, assessment for those individuals, court proceedings for guardianship truancy court.
Bachelors Degree through Colorado State University, in Pueblo, following the time I took to raise my family, thanks to the support of a good man.
Being a Licensed Clinical Social Work (LCSW) has been a journey of self discovery. My plan is to help you, in your self discovery. I have seen many people working on their life journeys in mental health hospitals, addiction treatment centers, day programs for individuals with disabilities, schools and multiple community agencies. Acquired skills from these locales include therapies with individuals, groups and families. Topics of specialty: individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, assessment for those individuals, court proceedings for guardianship truancy court.
(866) 787-9056 View (866) 787-9056
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Sabrina Gohlke
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623  (Online Only)
I help people struggling in life to create and sustain positive change. I take a judgment free approach and am deeply dedicated to client-centered practices that provide individuals with dignity and self-determination. I will help you identify unconscious core beliefs about yourself, relationships, life, and the things that have happened to you. These beliefs affect your emotions and behaviors and can interfere with your decision making and ability to accomplish your goals.
I help people struggling in life to create and sustain positive change. I take a judgment free approach and am deeply dedicated to client-centered practices that provide individuals with dignity and self-determination. I will help you identify unconscious core beliefs about yourself, relationships, life, and the things that have happened to you. These beliefs affect your emotions and behaviors and can interfere with your decision making and ability to accomplish your goals.
(720) 650-7060 View (720) 650-7060
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Matthew K. King
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, LAC
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Carbondale, CO 81623
My passion is facilitating connection. There is so much pain and struggle that results from feeling disconnected from our partners and our families. Too often, the greatest pain is felt when we are disconnected from ourselves. This can show up in many ways: relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and more. Together, through the cultivation of conscious awareness and the building of new skills, we will locate your inner resiliency and use that to forge a path to a better life.
My passion is facilitating connection. There is so much pain and struggle that results from feeling disconnected from our partners and our families. Too often, the greatest pain is felt when we are disconnected from ourselves. This can show up in many ways: relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and more. Together, through the cultivation of conscious awareness and the building of new skills, we will locate your inner resiliency and use that to forge a path to a better life.
(970) 355-3480 View (970) 355-3480
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Hannah Koenig
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623  (Online Only)
When we face problems, we tend to feel alone and inexperienced on how to handle life's many stressors. It can feel impossible to not only find solutions but also manage the complicated emotions that are attached to these problems. I can help guide you to feel empowered with skills and solutions on how to handle life and ensure that you won't be alone in this process. In 2021, I graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a Master's Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Now as a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and as a licensed addiction counselor (LAC), I have been providing individual.
When we face problems, we tend to feel alone and inexperienced on how to handle life's many stressors. It can feel impossible to not only find solutions but also manage the complicated emotions that are attached to these problems. I can help guide you to feel empowered with skills and solutions on how to handle life and ensure that you won't be alone in this process. In 2021, I graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a Master's Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Now as a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and as a licensed addiction counselor (LAC), I have been providing individual.
(720) 706-1257 View (720) 706-1257
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Lu Krueger-Andersen
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Carbondale, CO 81623
As your therapist I strive to create a safe and respectful environment, where you can explore your beliefs, perceptions, feelings, desires, challenges, strengths and weaknesses. I will listen carefully to your current conundrums, past struggles and successes, and your desires for your future. I utilize an eclectic approach based on over 40 years of education and experience to assist you in resolving conflicts, personal angst, and to create the sense of fulfillment and inner balance you are seeking.
As your therapist I strive to create a safe and respectful environment, where you can explore your beliefs, perceptions, feelings, desires, challenges, strengths and weaknesses. I will listen carefully to your current conundrums, past struggles and successes, and your desires for your future. I utilize an eclectic approach based on over 40 years of education and experience to assist you in resolving conflicts, personal angst, and to create the sense of fulfillment and inner balance you are seeking.
(970) 497-2288 View (970) 497-2288
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Family Therapy

What do family therapists do?

A family therapist facilitates the process of understanding and improving how a family functions. The therapist will help family members develop empathy for one another. They’ll seek to understand existing patterns, misunderstandings, and conflicts that arise, in order to help the family arrive at a realistic, unified understanding and develop the coping skills they need to build stronger relationships.

How long does therapy for families take to work?

Therapy manifests differently in every family; a common time frame is 12 weekly sessions, but some families may see improvement after just a few weeks. Families should discuss their goals with the therapist at the beginning of the process and periodically revisit those goals to assess their progress together.

How can you encourage a family member to attend family therapy?

You can encourage family members to attend therapy by expressing with both love and concern the challenges you see and explaining how a therapist could help the family navigate those challenges together. An outside perspective can help everyone feel heard, get on the same page, and develop new skills. If family members are still hesitant, it may be helpful to emphasize that family therapy is short-term—it won’t last forever.

Is therapy for families effective?

Family therapy can significantly improve family dynamics and relationships. Research suggests that family therapy can help individuals understand their role in the family, communicate and solve problems together, reduce conflict and draw boundaries when necessary, and develop coping skills for stressors, major life changes, and mental or physical illnesses within the family.