Family Counseling

Family counseling is often sought due to a life change or stress which negatively affects 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 and sometimes it is best to see subsets of the family (kids only, parents only).  Common issues addressed in family counseling are concerns around parenting, sibling conflict, loss of family members, divorce, new members entering the family as with step-siblings, or dealing with a major move. Family therapy relies heavily on Systems Theory which believes that within the boundaries of the family system, patterns develop as certain family member's behavior is caused by and causes other family members’ behaviors in predictable ways. Maintaining the same pattern of behaviors within a system may lead to balance in the family system, but may also lead to dysfunction. Identifying these patterns of relating and introducing new healthier systemic patterns can cause radical, positive change in the emotional connectedness of the family unit which, after all, is what family is all about.

All sessions are 55-60 minutes in length. Many clinicians at Synergy Counseling, LLC are in network with most VA Anthem BCBS plans. If we are in network with your insurance plan, we will bill on your behalf. We will also provide you the necessary information required by your insurance company to submit a claim for reimbursement. If you are planning on reimbursement, please confirm all details with your insurance company prior to your first visit.