• Sometimes children and teens will express themselves with rage and self-harming strategies.
• Sometimes parents feel that their parenting strategies are not working, and they are yelling too much.
• Sometimes parents want to do it their own way and not in reaction to their parents.
• Sometimes teens ask their parents for counseling.
• Sometimes, parents and kids feel hopeless and that things will never change.

Family counseling is very helpful in all these situations.

What happens in our sessions?

We meet weekly or biweekly for 60 minutes. When there is a single issue to address, we might just meet for one session. Sessions may include both the parents and kids or a variation of one parent, one child, parents, etc.

We talk about current challenges in the family.

Review how the parents were parented and how that might be impacting the current struggle.

Learn techniques to self-regulate both parents and kids. For example, tapping, self-hypnosis, breathing techniques, imagery.

Teach parenting skills that were never taught in school.

Learn how to communicate in effective ways without resorting to screaming.

Understand and manage the influences of social media and gaming.

We focus on ways to communicate more effectively so that things can change quickly. We use a combination of techniques including tapping, mindfulness, hypnosis, writing, and art. The sessions may include just parents, just kids, or a combination of parents and kids. Family counseling is custom-created to match your family’s needs.