Building stronger families
Families are one of the primary places we learn how to relate, communicate, and understand ourselves. They can also be where long-standing patterns of tension, misattunement, or misunderstanding become most visible. Family therapy offers a space to slow those patterns down and begin to make sense of what is happening between you, rather than only focusing on what is happening in any one person.
My approach is primarily grounded in attachment-based work, especially Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), while also drawing from Internal Family Systems (IFS), family systems theory, and existential-humanistic perspectives. I work with the understanding that families are living systems, and that change often happens when we can better understand both the emotional bonds between people and the internal experiences each person brings into those relationships.
What sessions focus on
Each 75-minute session is a space to:
Notice and understand the interactional patterns that keep your family stuck in cycles of conflict, distance, or reactivity
Explore the underlying attachment needs and emotional experiences that shape how family members respond to one another
Make room for the different “parts” of each person that show up in relationship — including protective, vulnerable, and reactive responses
Improve communication in ways that support clearer expression and deeper listening
Work toward moments of repair, reconnection, and increased emotional safety within the family system
Who this is for
Family therapy may be helpful if your family is:
Experiencing ongoing conflict, tension, or emotional distance
Navigating a transition such as divorce, blending families, loss, or developmental change
Struggling with communication patterns that feel stuck or repetitive
Wanting to strengthen connection, understanding, and emotional support across generations or relationships within the home
What you can expect
The work focuses on creating a space where each person can feel more understood, not only individually, but within the larger emotional system of the family. From there, we work together to slow down reactive cycles, increase awareness of underlying emotional needs, and support new ways of relating that feel more connected, flexible, and humane.