Family Therapy & Counseling
Heal Estrangement, Repair Conflict, Rebuild Connection
Family relationships shape who we are. But when estrangement, conflict, or long-standing patterns feel insurmountable, family therapy offers a structured, supportive path toward repair, understanding, and renewed connection.
Family intensives provide focused, multi-hour sessions designed for families with adult children navigating estrangement, chronic conflict, or relational patterns that feel stuck. This format creates space for real change to happen.
What is Family Therapy & Family Intensives?
Family therapy is a specialized form of counseling that addresses relational patterns, communication dynamics, and conflict within family systems. Family intensives compress this work into focused, multi-hour sessions, creating concentrated space for families to work through difficult dynamics.
Whether you're seeking ongoing family counseling or a dedicated intensive to address estrangement or chronic conflict, family therapy helps:
Improve communication and emotional responsiveness
Understand each person's experience and perspective
Address boundary violations and build healthier relational expectations
Identify and shift negative interaction patterns
Support trauma disclosure and trauma-informed dialogue
Rebuild trust and emotional safety
Create sustainable tools for long-term family stability
Family intensives are particularly powerful because they allow families to work at depth and momentum, addressing years of conflict in a structured, focused timeframe.
Who Family Therapy Is For
Adult families (age 19+)
Families navigating estrangement or long-term disconnection
Parents and adult children with chronic conflict
Families experiencing communication breakdowns
Siblings working through ongoing tension or hurt
Families impacted by trauma, abuse, or untreated mental health challenges
Families seeking repair before a significant life event (holiday, wedding, etc.)
Anyone wanting to rebuild connection and understanding with family members
When Family Therapy & Counseling Helps Most
You may benefit from family counseling or an intensive if your family is experiencing:
Parents or in-laws repeatedly crossing or ignoring boundaries
Feeling invalidated, dismissed, misunderstood, or defensive
Strained relationships, estrangement, or persistent patterns of disconnection
The unresolved impact of family trauma or untreated mental health challenges
A deep desire to rebuild trust, connection, or mutual understanding
Repeating patterns of criticism, withdrawal, or emotional shut-down
One family member exhibiting narcissistic, avoidant, or borderline personality traits or behaviors
Chronic conflict that prevents meaningful time together
Unresolved hurt or resentment from past events
A need for structure and support to navigate difficult conversations
What We Address in Family Therapy
Core Areas:
Boundary violations and how to establish healthy relational expectations
Communication patterns and improving emotional responsiveness
Estrangement and pathways to reconnection
Family conflict resolution and de-escalation
Trauma disclosure and trauma-informed family dialogue
Codependency and enmeshment
Differentiation and individual identity within family systems
Generational patterns and intergenerational healing
Grief and loss within families
Transitions (coming out, major life changes)
My Approach to Family Therapy
My family therapy approach is grounded in Bowen's Family Systems theory. I focus on helping families understand their interconnected patterns, increase differentiation of self, and break cycles that have been passed down through generations
What You Can Expect to Gain
From Family Counseling & Intensives:
Deeper understanding – Genuine insight into each person's experience and perspective
Improved communication – Tools for expressing needs and listening more effectively
Emotional safety – Greater sense of being heard, validated, and respected
Boundary clarity – Clear expectations and healthier relational dynamics
Conflict resolution skills – Practical tools for managing disagreements
Reconnection – Renewed ability to spend time together with reduced tension
Shared goals – Alignment around what matters most to your family
Long-term stability – Sustainable patterns that prevent old cycles from returning
Ready to Reconnect as a Family?
Family estrangement, conflict, and disconnection are painful but real healing is possible. Family therapy and intensives offer a structured, compassionate path toward understanding, repair, and renewed connection.