Family Therapy
Most struggling families care about each other a great deal. Caring just isn’t always enough, especially when everyone sees the same situation completely differently. Family therapy sets things up so people can actually hear each other, sometimes for the first time.
What Brings Families to Therapy?
Family therapy looks at the whole system. It might be constant conflict, a big transition, or a pattern that keeps showing up generation after generation. Either way, the work happens in the room, between people.
Parent-child conflictPower struggles, boundary issues, or a breakdown in communication between parents and children of any age
Blended family challengesStep-relationships, clashing parenting styles, and divided loyalties
Grief and lossSupporting the whole family through a death, divorce, illness, or other significant loss
Communication breakdownWhen family members have stopped being able to talk to each other without it escalating
All Families Welcome
We work with families of all configurations: two-parent, single-parent, blended, adoptive, multigenerational, and same-sex parent families, among others. We also work with adult children and parents working out how their relationship has changed, and with siblings processing shared history.
Sometimes the problem isn't any one person. It's the pattern the whole system has gotten into, and that's actually good news, because patterns can change.
Family Therapy in Denver and Online
We offer family therapy in person at our Denver office and via telehealth throughout Colorado. We're able to work with families where not all members are in the same location.
What Family Therapy Actually Looks Like
Sessions are held together, not as separate individual appointments the therapist later pieces together. We create a structured space where each person can speak and be heard, where the therapist observes the dynamics firsthand rather than hearing about them secondhand, and where patterns that are invisible inside the system start to become visible.
We typically start with an assessment phase: understanding the history, the key relationships, and what each person is hoping changes. From there, the work varies. Some families need communication tools. Others need to process something that happened. Others need help making a decision about the future together, whether that's a divorce, a transition, or a family member's illness.
We draw from structural family therapy, narrative therapy, and attachment-based approaches, choosing what fits the specific family rather than applying a single framework to every situation.
Common Questions
It depends on the situation. Ideally all relevant members participate, but we can often begin with whoever is willing and expand from there. We'll figure out what makes the most sense during the initial consultation.
Yes. Family systems work can happen even when not all members are in the room. Sometimes working with one or two members creates enough change that others become more open over time.
Yes. We have experience working with adolescents in family therapy and know how hard it can be to be a teenager and the parent of one at the same time.
Individual therapy focuses on one person's experience, patterns, and goals. Family therapy focuses on the relationships and dynamics between people. Often a combination of both is the most effective approach.
Feel Like a Team Again
Families change more than people expect once the conditions are right. Let's start with a conversation.
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