Healing Relationships with Family Therapy
Families have a special bond that is impossible to replicate in any other manner. Whether a biological family, or one that is extended by choice, these relationships are some of the most crucial.
There is no such thing as a perfect family. In every situation these dynamic relationships produced plenty of joy and comfort, yet also some sorrow and headache. Some personalities clash and others may have a difficult time coexisting. Sometimes it is for a time period, in other scenarios it’s long lasting.
Regardless of the situation a common dilemma is a breakdown of communication. Family members stop talking to each other, or at least hearing the other side out. Conversations become one sided and in the worst case instances appear to have no way to repair a damaged relationship.
Family Therapy Supports The Many Dynamics Of A Family
Families are so diverse that it is a challenge to put it into a single definition. As a result, there are many different facets to a family. In the past you may have been dealing with a strained relationship involving:
- Parent & Child
- Parent & Step-Child
- Parent & Adult Child
- Sibling & Sibling
- Family Member & Relative
- Family Member & In-Law
And that is just scratching the surface of the many different relationships that exist within an immediate family, relatives, and extended family members of choice.
Regardless of how close any one family may be to most of its other members, there is always an example or two of conflicting ones that add tension to the surrounding relatives.
Opening Up Lines Of Communication with Therapy
Communication plays a gigantic role in fostering healthy relationships. When it is open, fair, honest, and reasonable - communication can help two people to co-exist when the odds seemed insurmountable. When it rears its ugly head, poor communication can quickly devour a healthy relationship.
You may feel like your family means the world to you. Or you may feel like they are annoying and get in your way of a healthy well-being. Yet there is a reason why you keep feeling a connection to them because they are your family, and people truly only get one.
Often times all someone needs to do is open up a dialogue, yet in a friendly, healthy, caring, and supportive environment outside the confines of a home where finger pointing can begin and conversations can quickly escalate.
A therapist can help family members compromise, and reach ways to settle previous hurts and hang-ups, as well as develop approaches to better handle future issues.
Holistic and Somatic Therapy Can Help Families Heal
Are you ready to take the next step with a loved one and find common ground, develop compassion for each other, speak and own up to truths, find healthier ways to deal with disagreements, and start to forgive?
In a positive and loving holistic centered therapy setting your family can benefit and resolve...
- Communication problems where members of your family rarely, or never speak anymore.
- Personality clashes that strain family events and force you to “take a side”.
- Addressing divorce or separation between a parent and child.
- Financial problems involving one, or between multiple family members.
- Parenting dilemmas dealing with raising a child.
- Disagreements you have over taking care of elderly family members.
- Substance abuse and its impact on you or other family members.
- Building healthy strategies to heal from past wounds you have involving family.
- Other habits and attitudes that are affecting you and other members of the family.
There are so many additional family issues that are worth addressing that it is impossible to include them all in one list.
Developing A Second Family With Life By Design Therapy
Life by Design Therapy will never replace a family. However, we would like to become a part of your extended family by allowing you a safe haven to reconnect with family members that may have hurt you in the past, and discover ways to start the healing process.
We offer a safe and supportive environment where you can speak without judgement or aggression. Our goal is to provide an open line of communication that is fair and non-combative.
Life by Design offers holistic and somatic psychotherapy for families to cultivate healing and progress moving forward. Holistic based therapy for families involves a complete approach to healing, including the mind and body.
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