Family Counseling

Family counseling is often sought due to a life change or stress negatively affecting one or all areas of family closeness, family structure (rules and roles), or communication style. This mode of counseling can take a variety of forms. Sometimes it is best to see an entire family together for several sessions.

Families can be a source of support, encouragement, and love but sometimes relationships within families are put under strain and family members feel isolated or overlooked.

Our Family counseling can help when siblings aren’t getting on, or when parents and children are going through a divorce or separation. Forming a new family is a challenge and it is at this point that many parents contact Relate for some support to help everyone settle.

What can I expect in Family Counseling?

You will talk to our experienced therapist, who will provide confidential and non-judgmental support, and they will encourage everyone who comes to have their say and to share their feelings if they wish.

At the first appointment, Counseling is a different experience for everyone, and what happens in your sessions will depend very much on what you hope to get out of it, and on the unique needs of your family.

You can expect Family Counseling to help you to build stronger relationships with every member of the family and help you to work together as a team.

How can Family Counseling help me?

If you’re having problems as a family, whatever’s causing them, Family Counseling can help the whole family to communicate better, and to understand and resolve differences.

When families go through change, it can be difficult to learn to adapt. Counseling can help family members to support one another through these difficult times, to reduce conflict and arguments, and grow stronger as a result.

Whatever difficulties you’re having as a family, we can help.