Family Therapy

Family Therapy is an opportunity to meet with a therapist trained in family counseling and other systemic therapies to assist families in moving through challenging lifecycle processes. It is part of the normal life cycle of family development for there to be tough stages and growth periods for family members. 

Family issues can include complex issues such as infertility, adoption, miscarriage, chronic illness, mental health issues, bereavement, infidelity, and remarriage. It can also include problems related to career issues, sex role divisions, financial concerns, and parenting skills. Sometimes parents are rearing children with complex mental health challenges, or physical and emotional disabilities. And most sadly, many families deal with the grief and loss related to premature deaths, and long-term illnesses. Many people are parenting with partners they are no longer married to, or step-parenting children from previous relationships. Children may be growing up as part of extended families that include step-parents, step-siblings, and half-siblings. 

Many families are formed through adoption, surrogacy, donor insemination, and other wonders of reproductive medicine. Children sometimes need assistance understanding their unique family configurations. As people move out of their own ethnic and racial communities into a more multi-cultural world, many are involved in interracial, inter-ethnic, or inter-religious marriages and partnerships. This can create internal issues due to different values and upbringing, differences regarding child-rearing practices as well as potential “in-law” difficulties or judgment from the outside community. Making a commitment to family counseling can be a first, yet important, step towards a more rewarding and successful family life.

If you would like more information, please email info@choicesconsulting.com or call (518) 438-2222