Family Therapy

In family therapy, we look at the family as a system that is more than the sum of its parts. That's to say, families can develop ways of functioning, communicating, coping with stress, and relating to one another that take on a life of their own. These kinds of family dynamics may more easily change in family therapy than in individual therapy.  Even though we tend to think of families as pretty fixed, families are actually in constant flux and need to be able to adapt to change on an ongoing basis.  We can run into trouble when things change too quickly, too often, or when things that need to change get stuck.