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 may be unhealthy patterns of enmeshment and fusion, scapegoating, and identifying certain families as the guardians of everyone’s emotions or issues.

In therapy, families learn healthier ways of interacting, strengthen emotional connection, develop collaborative problem‑solving skills, and oftentimes, work on shifting their roles and expetations of one another. The goal is to support each person while enhancing the family’s overall functioning and sense of well‑being