Family Therapy

We all grow up in families and learn how to act in families based on who and what is happening in that system. This can affect how we interact with others all our lives. When people grow up with trauma, addiction, verbal, physical, and sexual abuse, or other dysfunctions in systems, they can take on roles to help them get their needs met, which are dysfunctional. These roles have strengths, but they also have weaknesses that can create problems in other systems and relationships they end up in, such as marriages, friendships, and work relationships.

I work with families to create healthy family systems, resolve issues that have created dysfunction, and help them learn to communicate and ensure each part of the family system gets their needs met. I also work with individuals to help them examine how the family system they grew up in is affecting their current relationships and the systems they are functioning in, so they can have healthier relationships within those systems. I also work with them to resolve any mental health issues that living in these systems has created for them, like depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and addiction issues.