Family Therapy

Families are the foundation of who we are and who we become. Unfortunately, the cliche is true: there are no manuals when it comes to building your exact family. Parents come with their own history and expectations which guide how they care for and raise their children. Children come into this world with their own temperaments and needs that can be hard for parents to recognize and understand. Families might experience significant challenges such as a sudden loss or trauma that interrupt their connection. These disconnects can lead to deep ruptures in parent-child and siblings relationships that overtime erode the trust and support that families are meant to be. In parents, disconnection with their kids can look like controlling, snow-plowing, anger and rage, isolation, escapism, helplessness and hopelessness. In teenage children and young adults, these ruptures may show themselves as conflict, secrets, anxiety, perfectionism, depression, acting out, substance use, self-harm, isolation, or running away. For adult children, these ruptures may lead to low-contact or estrangement altogether.

If this has been your experience and you long to reconnect and build a healed and stronger relationship, Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT) can support you in that process by providing a structure to understand where the relationship went awry, to practice new ways of responding with attunement and connection, and set the foundation for a more connected relationship moving forward.