Therapy for Families

I have a masters in Couple and Family Therapy and have provided family therapy, in both private and hospital settings, to address a range of goals and concerns for families, including: parents and youth experiencing conflict in relationship, adapting to an ADHD diagnosis in the family, married or common-law parents seeking to parent their children optimally and in harmony, adapting to life changes affecting the family as a whole, creating supportive systems and enhancing communication within the family. Families interested family therapy can read more about my therapeutic approaches below and can contact me to book a consultation to ask more questions.

Therapeutic Approaches

I am a level 1 trained Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist. In internal family systems therapy, human beings are understood as being made up of different parts. Working with a therapist, a person can come to recognize and accompany different parts of their experience, which can bring transformative effects to their wider life.

My work with attachment is focused on your efforts to find belonging and a safe and meaningful relationship with those who are important to you. Attachment-based therapies can enhance a person’s level of presence in their relationships, increase their sense of security, and help them to overcome fears that might make them feel separate, isolated, and frustrated in relationships. Attachment-based therapies can also be used to support a person’s self understanding, their ease in expressing themselves, and their ability to work through conflict in a variety of relationships and social situations.

I work with mentalization (in individual/couple/family therapy) which helps us to understand in-the-moment thoughts, feelings, wishes, perspectives, and contributions of each person, or family member. This helps us to explore issues more calmly, and with more awareness of what is going on inside and outside of each person—all of which can lead to conflict resolution and growth.

Working with narrative therapy, I observe the principle that we can help each other by finding opportunities to build on important parts of our experience that have not been recognized or understood in the past. The stories we tell about ourselves and each other matter. We can often discover a deep empathy in our relationships by paying attention to these hidden and undeveloped stories.