Family Counseling Services in Rosemont, CA.

Your family is in chaos and you do not know what to do. You have tried everything you can think of and it is not better. Or perhaps it gets better for a while and returns to the way it used to be. As much as we would like it to not be true, families do not always get along. There is a solution. I know you would would like for your family to get along and to be happy. I have worked with many families and I would love to help your family. Give me a call today at 916-847-8053 or schedule an appointment now: https://kim-mclaughlin.clientsecure.me/client_portal

I have extensive experience facilitating parenting groups and family therapy sessions. I especially enjoy working with parents with teens and helping blended families develop healthy relational functioning within a new system. I rely on family systems interventions to help you and loved ones achieve conflict-free communication, respect, love, acceptance, and understanding.

When there are challenges in parenting, teens acting out, blended families trying to become a joint unit, and other conflicts; family therapy can help. All persons are invited into the therapy office to solve problems, open up communication, and develop new patterns of relating that work. If you're looking for new solutions to the troubles in your family, don't wait, there is help available.

Family therapy looks at the entire family system—parents, children, extended family members—to identify strengths and problematic behaviours. I collaborate with families on strategies for utilizing their own capabilities for resolving problems, and on developing effective communication and problem-solving skills for preventing conflicts. I specialize in working with families of teenagers, which is an age that can be challenging for both the teenagers and their parents.

Family counseling is a most valuable opportunity for helping families in crisis as well as families who may be going through a life transition. Families can become socially, emotionally and psychologically dangerous, confusing, and even internally devastating. Families that are experiencing dysfunctional changes including addictions, emotional and mental illness, abandonment, fierce arguments, new family members, departing family members, new family rules, power relationships and family power changes that happen in an unprepared manner can create emotional traumas of significant proportions. Family counseling serves to restructure a families operation and aims to transform family dysfunction to family function.

Family therapy is often the treatment of choice for families who are confronted with specific crisis situations, (such as death, divorce, illness, or child/adolescent issues). When the family is the client, I assess the way members interact and work to improve communication and problem-solving skills, as well as resolve the current life stressors. Each family member plays a role in the way the family interacts and is seen as a vital participant in both the healthy and dysfunctional styles of interaction. Therefore, in family counseling the goal is to assist each member to work together more effectively to create a more functional family unit.

Family Counseling does not just incorporate the married couple. Family counseling involves the children, parents, grandparents and possibly even friends of the family. If your relationship issues stem from something more than just a conflict directly in your marriage, you may benefit from family counseling. In these sessions, I will meet with the couples as well as the extended family members that must learn to communicate better with one another, achieve common goals, and learn to work together. The family is the most important team you will ever be a part of. Learn how to make it the best team.

I believe that as we grow up we are shaped by our relationships; this starts from the time we are little and continues for the rest of our lives. Through these relationships we are also shaped by society. In being shaped we create various meaning from our experiences as well as receiving and giving instructions on how to live. When we form new relationships of any kind, this gets challenged; coming together and finding a path forward that celebrates all involved is the key to success.

Families come in so many shapes, colors and sizes. Every family is unique and has its own challenges. I work with all types of families in an non-judgmental way. I focus on the family as a whole, yet still work with each individual and what they bring to the family. I specialize in families with special needs children, families built through adoption, foster care and fost-adopt, families that are LGBTQ. Families can be see in the office or I can go to your home. I also work with extended families and families based on living situations. Call now to start on your way to having a healthy, happy and supportive family.

“I work to help families understand and communicate with each other better. I help them uncover the complex and varied realities that impact them while moving them to a better and healthier relationship.” I have a passion for working with all ages, races, cultures and orientations. I incorporate mindfulness techniques, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and methods by Satir and Minuchin into my sessions. My goal is to help individuals, couples, and families to regain healthier ways of communicating and the ability to live with themselves as well as each other.

Involving the family members in therapy can be extremely helpful in dealing with issues such as anger, co-parenting, and addiction. I also work with adolescents and their parents by bringing them together into sessions so that everyone can be heard in a supportive setting. Family members who have different communication styles can benefit from being in a therapeutic setting so that all voices can be heard and understood.

Family therapists are trained to look at family dynamics and to work on relationships, treating the family as a whole instead of each individual separately. We know that a family can be a wonderful source of healing, but it can also be a tremendous source of pain. Healthy relationships take a lot of work. It’s not always easy to share our lives, so family therapy aims to help build strong and satisfying relationships. Family plays a role in who we individually are and it can adapt and build resiliency by showing support, understanding, connecting, and finding new ways of relating. Family therapy allows the family to connect in moments of pain and explore new family roles and behavior.

Are you seeking family counseling because your home life feels more like a battle ground than the loving supportive environment you would like? Do family interactions often result in angry outbursts, misunderstanding, or disconnection? I offer family counseling that creates a safe supportive space for family members to recognize and understand negative communication patterns and complicated emotional factors such as anger, resentment, or stress that get in the way of the family you want to be. Together we can develop new communication skills that forge secure bonds of connection and a more loving, peaceful family. Your most important relationship is worth the call. (916) 622-4372