What is family therapy?
Family therapy helps families resolve conflicts and strengthen their relationships. It is led by qualified mental health professionals like psychologists, licensed professional counselors (LPCs), and licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs) who have extensive training in family dynamics and group communication.
How does family therapy work?
Thriveworks family therapists in Blacksburg, VA usually begin by asking what everyone’s goals are for family counseling. Family members may need help with very specific issues or with general relationship functioning. But there are three main purposes in family counseling: to educate, to counsel, and to strengthen. Thriveworks also offers online family therapy and in-person services, so you may all meet in an office together or join a video call from your home depending on everyone’s location and availability.
What is the most effective family therapy?
The most effective form of Family therapy will often depend on the family itself, as there are many types of family therapy for therapists to use as they see fit in order to best meet the needs of their clients. However, one of the most commonly used types of family therapy is structural family therapy (SFT). SFT focuses specifically on family dynamics and interactions, looking at how they shape the relationships and structure present in the family. It can be effectively used to treat a variety of concerns.
How do I know if my family needs therapy?
This answer often looks different to each family that starts family therapy. However, some signs that your family might need to consider family counseling include frequent fights or misunderstandings, constant tension, experiencing loss, behavioral issues, marital issues, divorce, and blended family issues, among others.
What is included in family therapy?
In family therapy, therapists will often start by asking questions and assessing individual and family dynamics. From there, they may employ therapeutic techniques such as structured family therapy, CBT, strategic family therapy, and more depending on the present concerns and conflicts. From there, a therapist will work to open lines of communication between family members and facilitate emotional healing and growth.
What is the success rate of family therapy?
Family therapy can be incredibly successful, with some studies reporting a success rate of almost 90% for improving participants’ emotional and mental health, and around 66% for improving their physical health.
Is family therapy conducted in person or online?
Thriveworks therapists in Blacksburg, VA offer both online family therapy and in-person family therapy. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
How long does family therapy last?
Family therapy is usually short term and solution-focused, with most families accomplishing their goals in 12 sessions or fewer. However, it can also last for longer if the probles at hand are more complex — and that’s okay, too.
Need more help deciding?
** During the pandemic, all counseling sessions are online; in light of that, we are not conducting family therapy sessions. We do apologize for the inconvenience.
Your family impacts who you are and more importantly, who you will be
Early on, we learn our social skills, speech and communication skills, and even relationship skills within the family we grow up in. Our perspectives and observations about the world are usually formed within the family unit as well. Certainly many traditions, preferences, and even biases are influenced by our family unit and setting.
For better or worse, we also learn how to love, and interact with others early on from within the framework of those within our family structure. Our own family/upbringing can have a tremendous impact on our current family situation.
Maybe your family unit is in turmoil for one of these reasons:
- divorce
- a family member struggling with health issues
- relocation to a new house or even an entirely new community
- job loss
- incarceration of a family member
- a new sibling has joined the family, including a birth, adoption, foster children, or even a grandparent
- domestic violence
- substance abuse by a parent or child
- problems at school
- in-law conflicts
Whatever your concerns regarding your family and those within your family unit, Thriveworks Counseling Blacksburg VA is here to help. We know that if even one member of the family is struggling, it can throw the whole family unit out of balance. Feelings of stress or conflict manifest differently with each person, and can disrupt the unity and harmony we strive for in a family. So if you believe that your family is in, or on the verge of crisis, it’s a good time to let us give you the caring support you want and need.
Our caring counselors do not criticize, blame, or take sides
We strive to assist your family in becoming more aware of the often overlooked dynamics that may be causing power struggles, on-going tension, discontent. We encourage individuals to better express their feelings in a healthy productive way, as well as teach each family member how to better hear and listen to the others. Our counselors can work with you to strengthen your family. We can help you to work through crisis situations, as well as equip you to deal with challenges that may arise in the future..
When you’re concerned about your family, you want help now
Our experienced, caring counselors will work with you and any willing family members to identify, address and improve any issues that are disrupting your family. Often we’re able to assist you in improving the systems of interactions between your family members. We also know that it’s not always possible, or even necessary, for all family members to attend counseling. That’s ok. We understand. We’re often able to work with any willing participants to strengthen the family system from within.
Call us today at (540) 376-3348.. Here at Thriveworks counseling Blacksburg VA, you won’t have to wait months or even weeks. Often you’ll be able to see someone the same day or the next. We’re here to help. Now. We accept most insurances, and our extended office hours can almost always accommodate your various scheduling needs.
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