Family Counseling Begins with an Intake Appointment
All counseling sessions start with an Intake Appointment. This is when your counselor inquires and assesses your needs in order to create a counseling plan. Follow-up appointments will be provided thereafter.
Family counseling is often sought due to a life change or stress negatively affecting one or all areas of family closeness, family structure (rules and roles) or communication style. This mode of counseling can take a variety of forms. Sometimes it is best to see an entire family together for several sessions. Common issues addressed in family counseling are concerns around parenting, sibling conflict, loss of family members, new members entering the family, dealing with a major move or a general change affecting the family system.
How counseling can help.
Therapists help clients with mental or emotional problems or disorders. They accomplish this through the related terms of counseling, therapy, and psychotherapy. A counselor is qualified to evaluate and treat mental problems by providing counseling or psychotherapy.
How counseling can resolve a life challenge?
According to the American Psychiatric Association, psychotherapy helps people understand that they can do something to improve their situation. That leads to changes that enhance healthy behavior, whether it's improving relationships, expressing emotions better, doing better at work or school, or thinking more positively.
Family counseling appointments can be with one or more family members. Please attend your first appointment together with everyone you intend on participating.
Typical Topics:
- Financial issues
- Grief
- Substance abuse
- Behavioral issues and academic concerns in children and adolescents
- Mental health concerns
- Separation, divorce, or blended family adjustments
- Chronic illness
Benefits of Counseling
The counseling process is, in many ways, like an educational experience. The individual can learn more about him/herself, but also acquires new skills. Sometimes, counseling involves learning more about a particular condition (e.g., depression, anxiety, eating disorders) by which the person is affected, so that he/she can better understand treatment options.
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