Counselling
for Families

Possible Issues

It may be that...

• There is some difficulty with your child - like an unexplained symptom, behavioural issues or school issues.
• There is some difficulty with your adolescent – like discipline, alcohol, school, parties or friends.
• There is difficulties with your parents or in-laws.
• You want to resolve some family quarrel.
• You want to reconnect with an estranged sibling or other family member.
• You want to have a more satisfying family life.
• You want to get on better with each other.
• You are a single parent and want to connect better to your children.
• You are navigating through a life stage – like becoming parents, grow up children or aging parents.
• There has been a big loss and you are having difficulty with getting over it.
• There is a serious illness for one family member and it is impacting on all of you.
• There is a big decision to be made and it will impact all of you.

Therapeutic Process

The number of sessions that it takes is difficult to define. It depends on how much change you want and what is not working for you in your family. Without taking sides, we explore the family issues, how they impact on the individual, and how that affects the dynamics of the family as a whole.

Generally, the therapy process may consist of:

• Making sense of symptoms and behaviours in the context of your situation.
• Correcting any dysfunctional family structure.
• Developing relationship and communication skills.
• Improving parenting skills.
• Re-working undesirable patterns or ways of functioning.
• Learning to care better for yourself as individuals and each other.
• Learning to accept difference and things that cannot be changed.
• Discovering new ways to connect, enjoy and love each other.
• Creating and building a satisfying, resilient and secure family life.