Family therapy sessions are a space to explore relationship patterns, improve communication, and address challenges together. Depending on your needs, sessions might include everyone or focus on specific family members. We’ll explore what’s working, what feels hard, and how we can move toward more connection and understanding as a unit.

That depends on your family’s goals. Some sessions may include the full family, while others may focus on just one parent and child, or a specific relationship dynamic. We’ll collaborate to find a structure that supports your family’s needs and makes everyone feel safe and heard.

Therapy can be flexible. If it feels helpful to meet individually with one family member at times and as a group at others, we can structure sessions accordingly. I’ll help guide this based on what will be most supportive for your goals.

It’s normal for emotions to come up in family work. My role is to hold a safe, neutral space where everyone’s perspective is heard. I’ll gently guide the conversation, support emotional regulation if things get heated, and help translate when communication breaks down.

Yes, if it feels clinically appropriate and supports the goals of therapy. While family sessions are focused on collective work, there are times where a brief one-on-one conversation may be helpful. We’ll talk openly about how to navigate this in a way that maintains trust and transparency.

Family therapy can support a wide range of concerns, including parenting challenges, emotional outbursts or shutdowns, sibling conflict, family changes like divorce or relocation, and improving overall communication. It’s also helpful in building emotional intelligence and mutual understanding within the family.

Yes! Art can be a powerful way to express feelings and build insight -especially for younger family members or when words are hard to find. Art therapy can help externalize issues, increase empathy, and make sessions feel more accessible and engaging for everyone involved.

The length of therapy varies depending on your goals. Some families come for a few months to work through a specific challenge, while others choose to continue longer-term to support ongoing growth. We’ll check in regularly and adjust the timeline based on what feels most helpful.

Child individual therapy focuses primarily on the child’s emotional and psychological needs. Sessions may include the caregiver occasionally, especially to provide updates, ask questions, or learn strategies to support the child at home. However, the primary therapeutic relationship is with the child, and the sessions are tailored to their individual experience and development.

Family therapy, on the other hand, centres on the dynamics and relationships between family members. In these sessions, the entire family system is the focus - not just one person. Together, we explore communication patterns, relational stressors, and roles within the family to help you understand one another better and build more supportive, connected relationships.

If you're unsure which path fits best, we can chat during a consultation to find the right fit for your family’s needs.