Atlanta Family Therapy and Counseling
Family therapy can be helpful for most families, and is generally used to address problems within a family dynamic or within a relationship. Family therapy is often shorter term than individual. Following is a list of reasons families often take part in family therapy:
- Aging – the effects on family
- The effects of addiction on the family
- Anger management/Conflict resolution
- Blended and stepfamily challenges
- Caregiving issues
- Co-parenting, single parenting and visitation
- Cultural and multicultural issues
- Divorce
- Families of the chronically mentally ill
- Family challenges with children with developmental variations or physical limitations
- Families with children and adolescents/teens and all of the complexities involved in parenting
- Job loss or retirement
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning (LGBTQ) issues
- Life stage transitions – birth of a child, separation, divorce or remarriage
- Loss & grief
- Parent-child relationships throughout the life course
- Parenting for individuals with past trauma
- Single parent/teen conflict
- Stress from illness, disability, or death
Though not exhaustive, this list includes many of the reasons families are often seen together in therapy. Based on your family’s current circumstances, a unique treatment plan will be created to fit your needs. The length of family therapy will vary from family to family.
