Family & Relationship Counseling

How does family or relationship therapy work?

At Pathways to Connection we believe that every relationship is unique based on each individual participating. We look at relationships and family systems through and attachment lens. At any given moment each relationship dynamic or family system has multiple generations at work within and possibly against each other. We individualize each treatment plan based on where you are at in your relationship and based on the family system and relationships you have had in the past. Therapy gives people the opportunity to look back on why they act in their relationship or family system the way that they do, and to be real with their struggles. Relationships are hard, even without everything in our past impacting them. We provide the opportunity you may need to navigate through your relationship and your family so that you can create a relationship or a family based off what is unique and true to you.

The actual process of therapy for families and relationships typically works in this fashion:

1. Information Gathering-exploring where you all have been, what you all are experiencing now, and where you all want to go
2. Treatment Planning: developing a plan, setting goals, looking at growth edges
3. Process Work: putting in place tools, working within the relationship, resources and skills to help you be the most successful person outside of the office, building awareness, building/rebuilding connection, developing and restoring trust

***Note***We hold no secrets here at Pathways to Connection. We believe that if you share with us in private, it needs to be brought to session. This helps establish and build trust between therapist and family (or partner). This helps in healing on all parts.

What are some signs that therapy might be right for your family or relationship?

Therapy could be right for your family or partner if there is:

• Consistent fighting
• Struggling to get on the same page
• Having behavioral problems (significant other or children)
• Not communicating
• Shutting down or isolating
• Coping in unhealthy ways,
• Simply wanting to live a more harmonious life

What are the benefits to therapy for families or couples?

Therapists at Pathways to Connection are trained to see through an attachment based lens. Our lens is to find the ruptures in relationship from a heart centered place and work on a heart centered repair so that we can best understand how healing can happen in a connected, authentic, and unarmored way. Therapy can help build:

• Trust
• Communication
• Proper order in the system
• Awareness & Understanding
• Appropriate coping behaviors
• Recognizing family origins’ impact

Families are complex, and every family has their own style and their own strengths. In families it seems like if one person struggles, we all struggle. Finding help in the midst of struggle is important for the individual as well at the family. If one person works toward growth and change the rest remain stagnant, it is difficult for growth to fully take place. Therapy can help your family or relationship take the next step toward restoration and create long-term emotional, mental, and physical health of everyone in the family and/or relationship.

What are some of the problems you typically work with in families?