Adult Family Therapy
Family relationships don’t stop affecting us when we become adults.
Relationships between parents and adult children, siblings, stepparents, and extended family members can carry decades of love, loyalty, misunderstanding, disappointment, and unresolved conflict.
Adult family therapy creates a structured space to have conversations that may be difficult to navigate on your own.
Family Therapy May Help With:
- Parent and adult-child conflict
- Sibling relationships
- Estrangement or threatened estrangement
- Family boundaries
- Caregiving disagreements
- Family transitions
- Communication breakdowns
- Resentments from the past
- Blended family relationships
- Differing expectations around closeness
- Difficulties involving partners or in-laws
Changing Longstanding Family Patterns
Families develop roles and patterns over many years.
One person may become the peacemaker. Another may withdraw. Someone else may carry the responsibility for keeping everyone connected.
Those patterns can continue long after they stop working.
Family therapy offers an opportunity to recognize these dynamics, understand each person’s perspective, and develop healthier ways of relating.
The Goal Isn’t Necessarily Perfect Agreement
Family therapy does not require everyone to see the past in exactly the same way.
Sometimes progress means understanding one another more clearly. Sometimes it means repairing hurt. Sometimes it means establishing healthier boundaries while preserving the relationship.
We can work together to determine what meaningful progress would look like for your family.