Boston Family Therapy

Family therapy can be done with any two or more family members who would like to improve their relationship, communication, and align their expectations of each other. Family therapy involves understanding the whole system rather than viewing challenges as residing within one individual or even one specific subsystem (any dyad or role groups). It looks at how patterns, roles, and dynamics within the family system contribute to stress or conflict.

In many families that are struggling, there are often unhealthy patterns of enmeshment and fusion, scapegoating, and relegating certain families as the guardians or protectors of everyone’s emotions or preserving the family system.

In therapy, families learn healthier ways of interacting, strengthening emotional connection, developing collaborative problem‑solving skills, and oftentimes, shifting their roles and expectations of one another so each person can differentiate.

The goal is to support each person while enhancing the family’s overall functioning and sense of well‑being.