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Individual, Groups and Couples Counseling

Family Therapy

It is a type of therapeutic approach that helps the family members improve communication, help set clear boundaries, and resolve conflicts. Families who are scapegoating from a member of the family, adjustment difficulties, dealing with social norms, cultural differences, and dysfunctional behaviors highly benefit from family therapy.

​What is Family Therapy?

Family therapy is a type of counseling designed to help families improve communication, resolve conflicts, and strengthen relationships. This therapeutic approach views the family as a system, where each member’s behaviors, emotions, and interactions affect the entire group. Rather than focusing on a single individual, family therapy addresses patterns and dynamics within the family to promote understanding and harmony.


Key Goals of Family Therapy:

• Improving Communication: Helping family members express themselves openly and listen empathetically.
• Resolving Conflicts: Identifying and addressing sources of tension or misunderstandings.
• Strengthening Bonds: Building trust, respect, and collaboration within the family unit.
• Supporting Individual and Family Growth: Encouraging individual healing while fostering a healthy family environment.
• Navigating Transitions: Coping with life changes, such as divorce, blending families, or grief.


How Family Therapy Works:

Family therapy sessions typically involve all or most family members, though sometimes individual sessions may also be included. A trained therapist guides the family through discussions, exercises, and strategies aimed at:
• Identifying unhealthy patterns or roles within the family dynamic.
• Exploring how each member’s actions impact others.
• Developing problem-solving skills and mutual understanding.


Therapists may use various approaches, including:
• Structural Family Therapy: Examining and restructuring family roles and boundaries.
• Bowenian Family Therapy: Addressing emotional interdependence and fostering self-differentiation.
• Systemic Therapy: Exploring underlying beliefs and relationship patterns.
• Narrative Therapy: Helping families rewrite their collective “story” to promote unity and healing.


When is Family Therapy Helpful?

Family therapy can address a wide range of challenges, including:
• Communication breakdowns
• Family conflict or estrangement
• Parenting challenges or disagreements
• Mental health issues affecting a family member, such as anxiety, depression, or addiction
• Trauma, grief, or loss within the family
• Coping with major transitions, such as divorce or relocation


Benefits of Family Therapy:

Family therapy provides a supportive environment where families can:
• Gain new perspectives on their challenges.
• Learn healthier ways to interact and support one another.
• Build stronger, more cohesive relationships.

Family therapy empowers families to work together, fostering resilience and creating a foundation for lasting connection and well-being.

Specialties

  • Anxiety/Stress
  • Anger Management Coaching and Groups
  • Anxiety
  • Fear of Abandonment
  • PTSD/Trauma
  • ADHD​
  • EMDR Therapy
  • Self-Esteem
  • Depression
  • Grief and Loss
  • Relationship Issues
  • Coping Skills
  • Divorce

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Sherman oaks Therapy

Free consultation

I offer a free phone consultation to help you decide if we're a good fit for each other and to answer any questions you might have before you begin.

Location

Sherman Oaks: 13949 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91423, STE 210 

Contact

Natalie Jambazian
​Email: [email protected]
Phone: 818 334-8786