Families
Families
Just like any other relationship, family bonds can face challenges that lead to detachment, tension, frustration, bitterness, unease, and miscommunication. When challenges like communication gaps, persistent conflicts, misunderstandings, and defiance of rules happens, the sense of peace is shattered. That’s when family therapy emerges as a beacon of hope, aiming to restore the lost harmony within the family unit.
– Iyanla Vanzant
These difficulties have a ripple effect, impacting various aspects of each family member’s life. They can cast a shadow over work, school, relationships, triggering heightened emotional responses, and causing a loss of interest in once-enjoyable activities. This, in turn, can amplify existing family issues, creating a seemingly endless cycle that appears overwhelming and perplexing to tackle.
Even challenges faced by one person in the family tend to have a ripple effect on the entire family. Despite our efforts to shield our loved ones from our own or others’ difficulties, family members often sense and experience the repercussions of these struggles. Concealing the problems may not yield the best outcome, but initiating a productive and anxiety-inducing conversation about them on your own can be a struggle.
Some of the challenges within families include:
Managing conflicts between family members, between parents, or between siblings
Behavioral or emotional difficulties in children
Divorce, separation, blending families, or planning for shared custody
Boundary and role difficulties between parents and children
Grief or loss in the family
– Emma Thompson
Family therapy offers valuable assistance by imparting skills that foster improved communication among family members. It equips each family member with the ability to effectively express themselves while being honest, respectful, vulnerable, and accepting, even during disagreements. It helps uncover and examine the underlying patterns that influence problematic family dynamics. It aids in recognizing individual and family roles, expectations, boundaries, values, and methods to enhance connection and understanding. Additionally, it addresses conflicts by guiding members in processing resentments and developing the ability to compromise and negotiate, ensuring that every family member feels valued, significant, and heard.
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Achieving family peace is possible. Are you ready to reconnect with your family today?
Authentic Living Therapy
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Authentic Living Therapy Receives 2023 Best of San Jose and 2022 Best of Los Gatos Award
SAN JOSE April 2023 - Authentic Living Therapy has been selected for the 2023 Best of San Jose Award in the Mental Health Service category, along with the 2023 Business Hall of Fame Award, as well as having received the 2022 Best of Los Gatos Award in the Mental Health Service category by the San Jose/Los Gatos Award Program.
Each year, the San Jose/Los Gatos Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the San Jose and Los Gatos area a great place to live, work and play.
SOURCE: San Jose/Los Gatos Award Program