family therapy in mid-missouri

Family counseling refers to the entire family plus the therapist in a room together addressing family sized problems.

Anything from conflict resolution to marital support and problem solving, kid behavioral issues, managing parental anger, discipline strategies, appropriate goal setting and more.

It provides a way to understand and change patterns of negative behavior happening between family members.

How can family therapy help me?

Family counseling will help you as parents by giving you a greater understanding of why things are going wrong and why everything feels so hard.

It will also provide you with specific strategies and skills that you can use in order to break the patterns of negative behavior.

Many families that go through counseling together end up feeling more confident and connected because they have gained the appropriate skills and the support to use those skills in an effective way.

EXAMPLE GOALS OF FAMILY THERAPY:

• Reduced conflict

• Decreasing parental stress

• Strengthened communication skills with your spouse

• Building successful relationships with your teenagers

• Kids and teenagers feel empowered, appreciated and supported

• Having more fun and enjoyment together

• Identifying and living out family values