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What is your go-to approach for family therapy?

Family therapy, like individual therapy, starts with a comprehensive assessment. During this assessment, I help the family identify some of the dynamics in the relationships that contribute to the distress that led the family to therapy. Oftentimes, families come to therapy due to problems with communication and conflict. Communication and conflict resolution skill-building is an important factor for successful outcomes. Through “enactments,” family members practice talking through real issues that impact members of the family with the help of a therapist. The therapist plays many roles, including guide, mediator, teacher, and referee. Other exercises such as working to help family members build empathy with one another help bring a greater sense of ease within the family structure.

What tools do you teach in family therapy?

In family therapy, I introduce communication and conflict resolution skills such as reflective listening, taking responsibility, validation, compromise, and emotional regulation.

How do you know when a client is making meaningful progress in family therapy?

I know a client is making meaningful progress in family therapy when they and their family meet the treatment goals and objectives consistently. This often involves a decrease in conflict and greater success with positive family interactions.

What can clients do in their personal time to supplement family therapy?

To supplement family therapy, families can make a point to devote quality time to engaging in activities with one another.

What should someone do to prepare for starting family therapy?

To prepare for their first family therapy session, an individual should come prepared to take emotional risks with the hope that these risks lead to greater family functioning.

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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 Philadelphia, PA 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 Philadelphia, PA 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.

Pricing & insurance

Our therapists accept most major insurances. We accept 585+ insurance plans, and offer self-pay options, too.
Learn more about pricing for therapy and counseling services at Thriveworks.

Our Philadelphia therapists and counselors accept 40 insurance plans

  • Aetna

  • Ambetter from Pennsylvania Health and Wellness

  • AmeriHealth Administrators

  • AmeriHealth Medicare Advantage

  • AmeriHealth Pennsylvania

  • Capital BlueCross of Pennsylvania | BCBS

  • Capital BlueCross of Pennsylvania | BCBS Medicare Advantage

  • Carelon

  • Carelon | Medicare Advantage

  • Cigna | Evernorth

  • Cigna | Evernorth Medicare Advantage

  • Compsych

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Self-pay costs at Philadelphia
Talk therapy

Talk therapy

Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy

First session

$1

Ongoing sessions

$1

Talk therapy

Psychiatry

Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management

First session

$1

Ongoing sessions

$1

Hear from our clients

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My experience was extremely positive . My Therapist immediately established trust. Which is essential for me to discuss disclose verbalize my feelings
Barbara Apr 2025
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My therapist is absolutely amazing at her job. She is very helpful and very nice and truly listens and understands
Jamie Apr 2025
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I have been working with my Thriveworks provider for several months now and I've come to know him as someone that I can identify with, who is very compatible with my personality, and has offered me some great insights as to looking at things in my life in ways that I have improved upon as a result and I look forward to continuing to work with him.
Read more I have been working with my Thriveworks provider for several months now and I've come to know him as someone that I can identify with, who is very compatible with my personality, and has offered me some great insights as to looking at things in my life in ways that I have improved upon as a result and I look forward to continuing to work with him.
John Apr 2025
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Marla has been a huge help to me in my transition into parenthood and in my continuing effort to regulate my emotions. She has given me tools and resources to do this and has also given me space to vent frustrations and celebrate small wins with her. I can safely say the last few months of my life would have been a lot harder without Marla.
Read more Marla has been a huge help to me in my transition into parenthood and in my continuing effort to regulate my emotions. She has given me tools and resources to do this and has also given me space to vent frustrations and celebrate small wins with her. I can safely say the last few months of my life would have been a lot harder without Marla.
Katherine Apr 2025
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It was nothing that really stood out it was just the expected start to a first therapy session, it wasn't bad at all though just about average.
Lameer Apr 2025
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I appreciate the patience, emotional support and sincere advice that my therapist has to give me.
Suneet Apr 2025
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Brain was on time which I appreciate and super friendly during our intake session.
Gwyn Apr 2025
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Thriveworks: Thriveworks has been great for finding a therapist who is in-network with my insurance, and their reps have helped when there were insurance issues too. It's great to be able to try a few therapists until you find the right fit. . . My provider, Jacquelyn: Jacquelyn has been hugely helpful as I work through a life transition of one relationship ending, and then another. She has helped me understand more about myself, shared strategies I can use to develop healthy habits and patterns, and overall helped me live more from a mindset of openness and opportunity.
Read more Thriveworks: Thriveworks has been great for finding a therapist who is in-network with my insurance, and their reps have helped when there were insurance issues too. It's great to be able to try a few therapists until you find the right fit. . . My provider, Jacquelyn: Jacquelyn has been hugely helpful as I work through a life transition of one relationship ending, and then another. She has helped me understand more about myself, shared strategies I can use to develop healthy habits and patterns, and overall helped me live more from a mindset of openness and opportunity.
Peter Apr 2025
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Where to find us

Getting here

Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Philadelphia is off of Ludlow Street and S 40th Street. We are near Smoke Shop Convenience and Locust Moon Comics.

Phone number

(267) 440-7066

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