Family psychotherapy

Family therapy is a process that allows parents (both or one) and children to engage together in a therapeutic framework where they can explore and improve their relationships. This type of therapy is designed to allow all family members to express their thoughts, feelings and needs in a safe and supportive environment.

As part of family therapy, I offer help in improving family relationships and in setting healthy boundaries and rules, which are crucial for the successful functioning of the family. We will work together to identify and solve problems that affect your relationships, whether in communication, expressing emotions or bonding between family members.

The most common reasons for joining family therapy are:

Support in setting boundaries: Parents seek help in learning how to set and maintain healthy boundaries for their children.
Concerned about children’s outbursts: Parents are concerned about their children’s frequent emotional outbursts and need strategies to manage these situations.
Poor work habits of children: Families face challenges such as poor study habits and lack of motivation in children.
Arguments and misunderstandings: Family members often face conflicts and misunderstandings, leading to tension and frustration.
Tense atmosphere: Families experience tensions arising from conflicts and lack of communication.
Openness and cooperation: Family members often find themselves on their own (one reads, another watches TV, another uses the phone), which leads to a lack of joint activities and cooperation.

Bringing order into the family climate: Families want to create a more organized and cooperative environment, where joint trips and practical tasks are part of everyday life.
Communication problems: During conversations, family members cannot hear each other, which often leads to quick emotional reactions and inability to control anger.
Learning good communication skills: Families want to develop better ways of communicating and expressing their thoughts and feelings.
Participation in family decisions: Family members want to learn how to properly participate in everyday decisions that affect their lives together.
Learning to manage emotions: Family members want to learn how to cope with their emotions, express them appropriately and listen to the emotions of others, while also setting boundaries regarding the appropriateness of expressing emotions.

Families with adult children, with whom the parents come to a misunderstanding due to:

improve their self-esteem
excessive interference in the lives of adult children
parents who suffer because their grown-up children get divorced, don’t get along with their partners
they do not know how to discuss the division of property before/after the death of their parents or would like to come to an agreement with your children regarding inheritance, testament in an open, positive way
grown children take too much advantage of their parents
parents who lean too much on their adult children and put too much strain on them

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