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Family Counselling
Family counselling is designed to help with issues that specifically affect families' mental health and functioning. It can help family members build stronger relationships, improve communication, reduce stress, develop healthy boundaries, and manage conflicts within the family system.
By understanding the unique challenges families face (such as sibling rivalry, difficult relationships, separation and divorce, grief, relocation, blending families) a therapist can help create a better home environment.
Possible areas of focus for family counselling:
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Parenting Struggles
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Adjusting to a new sibling
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Sibling rivalry
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Relocation
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Difficult relationships (immediate or extended family)
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Loss and grief
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Impact of trauma
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Behaviour problems
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Anger management
Blended families
Being a blended family presents a unique challenge. Family counselling can help you learn to:
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Co-parent effectively
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Identify the different rules and roles for parenting and step-parenting
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Support kids through the transition
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Recognize and meet the emotional needs of each family member
Separation and divorce
Family counselling can help you:
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Manage the transition and provide coping strategies
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Support kids experiencing grief and loss (which often presents as anger and behaviour problems)
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Learn how to co-parent effectively following separation and divorce
