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I believe healing happens in relationships, and I am committed to creating an LGBTQIA+ affirming space where you feel seen, safe, ...
I believe healing happens in relationships, and I am committed to creating an LGBTQIA+ affirming space where you feel seen, safe, and empowered to navigate identity, life transitions, and emotional pain with hope and support.
I am Dr. Benjamin T. Finlayson, PhD, LMFT-S, a relational and couples therapist specializing in LGBTQIA+ affirming care. I work with individuals, couples, and families navigating relationship challenges, communication difficulties, identity exploration, and life transitions. My clients often seek deeper connection, stronger communication, and practical tools to build healthier, more satisfying relationships while feeling truly understood and supported in therapy.
I use evidence-based methods including EFT, SFBT, and relational approaches to support clients through relationship growth, conflict resolution, identity exploration, career and family transitions, and personal enrichment. Clients can expect practical tools, compassionate guidance, and strategies to foster meaningful, lasting change.
Seeking support can feel challenging, but you don't have to navigate it alone. I am committed to creating a safe, affirming space where you feel seen and valued. When you're ready, I welcome the opportunity to support you in deepening connection, enhancing communication, and cultivating fulfilling relationships.
I am constantly challenging myself to grow personally, and I am honored to assist others who are going through this process....
I am constantly challenging myself to grow personally, and I am honored to assist others who are going through this process.
I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 16 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through life’s challenges. I specialize in anxiety, depression, anger, parenting, relationships, and major life transitions. I also enjoy helping clients navigate emotional development and supporting those who identify as gifted. My goal is to offer a collaborative space where clients can strengthen resilience, restore balance, and build healthier connections.
I hold a master’s in marital and family therapy from Fuller Theological Seminary and bring extensive experience working with adolescents, adults, and couples across a variety of settings. My approach integrates cognitive behavioral and solution-focused therapy to help clients develop insight, practice meaningful skills, and create lasting change.
I understand that reaching out for support often means something in life feels ready to shift. My role is to help you explore your experiences with honesty, compassion, and clarity. Whether you want to grow, heal, or regain a sense of direction, I would be honored to walk alongside you as you move toward your best self.
You deserve dedicated time with a mental health professional — it can be life-changing.
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My go-to approach for helping people in family therapy is to provide a safe place where each member has a voice. I find the best benefit is achieving a reasonable level of family connectedness because this can set the family up to become a stable source of positive influence and support.
Common tools include MBTI and communication styles, genograms, and developing a list of positive family activities that promote harmony.
The family will self-report (and the clinician will observe) better communication, acceptance of differences, and appropriate structure within the family.
Clients can complete homework assignments.
Clients can be willing to come with an open mind and a non-judgmental spirit.
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.
Thriveworks family therapists in Pueblo, CO 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thriveworks therapists in Pueblo, CO offer both online family therapy and in-person family therapy. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
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.
Families teach us how to love and form healthy relationships with other people. That’s a lot of pressure for imperfect people! (We’re all imperfect after all, and that doesn’t make us bad, it makes us human!) But within that truth, comes a breath of relief: all families mess up. All families go through stages of transitioning and encounter challenges. Your family is never broken, just growing.
Sometimes though, it can be nice to heal as a family unit with a professional, empathetic counselor. Pueblo family counselors understand that no family is perfect. We believe that every family can be full of love and growth. Whether you are part of a biological, adopted, foster, or stepfamily, and living in one or two houses, Thriveworks Pueblo has a counselor who is best suited for your unique needs and goals. Call (719) 838-6383 to learn more or schedule a family therapy session today.
Your family could be the most prepared, future-planning family yet, and you’ll still encounter challenges that seem to come from nowhere. Keeping love and familial commitment as your focus while external circumstances press in around you is not always easy, no matter how strong your family roots are. Coronavirus, financial trouble, a sickness, or mental illness are all things out of your control but demand your response. That can be stressful!
Thriveworks Pueblo works with you and your family to teach the tools you need to not only ride out difficult times but grow from them. We will work with you to:
Family Therapy at Thriveworks Pueblo is not meant to change your family structure, but to support the areas that are weaker. Our Pueblo County counselors will always seek to preserve your culture and beliefs. We work with our clients, not try to change them.
No matter what you see on TV or social media, perfect families don’t exist. Every family will have a little bit of chaos. But if all families have bumps in the road, how do you know when it’s time to see a family counselor?
Thriveworks Pueblo wants to make one thing clear: your problems are not too big or too small for counseling. If your family life could be improved by counseling, that’s good enough reason to go! Some families only need a session or two before they are back on track, other stay for longer. Thriveworks Pueblo makes it easy for you to customize the counseling process.
With that being said, there are some common reasons families come to counseling. These include:
Family counseling is a time to heal, grow, and prepare for the future together. Your family has a huge impact on your life, so let’s make sure yours is a healthy and happy one. To schedule an appointment, or to talk to a counselor about other options, give us a call at (719) 838-6383. Often, our clients can meet with a provider within the same week. Plus, we offer convenient evening and weekend sessions, in-person and online care options, and many additional benefits.
Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy
Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management
Thriveworks Counseling & Therapy Pueblo is located near West City Center Drive and North Main Street, off I-25. It is right by the Pueblo Riverwalk and the El Pueblo History Museum.
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