Counseling is offered to families by trained professionals to provide emotional support, education and guidance for a variety of concerns confronted by today’s families. The process and workings of family counseling are often very challenging for family members as well as for the counselor.

In the case of families in recovery from sexual addiction, the betrayal of the family causes pain, anger and distrust.  There are usually years of built up pain and resentment causing an avoidance of intimacy and problems in how the family members connect.  Families facing recovery from sexual addiction have a better chance of staying together if they commit to a course of treatment both separately and together.  Issues such as safety, how to proceed during the first three to six months, boundaries, concerns about children in the household, and lifestyle issues are addressed early on.  Additionally, resources are provided for all age groups on where to get information and education to better understand the problem and begin the repair process. 

Examples of problems encountered by families include:

• family forgiveness and reconciliation
  
• child and Adolescent therapy
  
• healing process
  
• separation and boundary setting
  
• healthy parenting
  
• health related problems
  
• problems of mental health
  
• safety plans

Common family goals are:

• to communicate more effectively and meaningfully
  
• to guide the family through traumatic experiences
  
• to resolve problems and conflicts
  
• to create a more positive family environment

Family counseling practitioners often work with the entire nuclear family, viewing the family as a unit or system. Relationships emerge from this system that influence development and behavior of all the family members.  An individual member of the family may receive attention during the family session to address problem behavior or provide support for hardships or pathologies that affect them

A combination of goals, ambitions, levels of maturity, expectations and conflicting egos can make this type of counseling seem like a juggling act between participants. It is very important to choose a counselor with the proper training and experience, who is able to sift out all of the significant issues so as to assist a family effectively.

There are two ways to setup an appointment with one of our counselors:

1) Fill out the Contact Form and a counselor will call you with 24-hours; 2) Call our offices at 303-933-5800.