Family Counseling Services in West Palm Beach, FL.

While it can be interesting to explore all the roots of family problems, it can also be painful. More important, it almost never helps families to function better. Instead of dredging up the past (which wastes lots of time and money and cannot be changed), I help families to build solutions that are effective and permanent -- even if they don't fully understand how the problems developed.

Family counseling takes a whole-family, child-centered approach that recognizes how each member’s emotions, behaviors, & experiences impact the family system. I support families with parenting challenges, developmental concerns, communication difficulties, & everyday stressors affecting children & caregivers. Sessions focus on understanding family patterns, strengthening connection, & building practical skills such as emotional regulation, healthy communication, & consistent parenting strategies. This supportive space helps families reduce conflict, improve understanding, & create a more stable, nurturing home environment.

As Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, we provide a safe and supportive therapeutic environment for helping our clients to take steps toward their goals. Family therapy can be done with one or more people in the session. We can work with you individually to explore and gain insight into your family relationships, and we can also invite family members to join and be part of the process.

Family therapy sessions foster a safe, neutral space for all members to express themselves, understand each other better, and strengthen relationships. Whether you're dealing with conflict, significant life changes, or communication breakdowns, we help families work through challenges together. With guidance and support, you’ll learn healthier ways to connect, resolve tension, and build a more supportive and resilient family dynamic. Family therapy fosters understanding, healing, and lasting change together, as a unit.

Ensuring that therapy with toddlers, children, and teens is a collaborative process with parents and/or caregivers is an essential component of successful psychotherapy. Monica Buttafava works closely with the child’s caregivers through regularly scheduled consultations to understand their concerns regarding their child and parenting. In addition, Monica specializes in fostering a strong therapist-parent alliance, allowing parents to process their struggles, learn effective parenting tools, and develop a plan for responding to their child. When parents feel supported, it positively influences the entire family system. For more information visit: https://monicabuttafavapsychotherapy.com

Most family therapists inadvertently create more chaos through their well-intentioned efforts to assist a family move through a change process. Why? Brains are inherently deregulated (all of us, may I add) and most talking and dialoguing misses brain-centric problems that need more intensive help. Many times the emotional trauma created by years of solving problems ineffectively can wreak havoc on the brain's parasympathetic nervous system, not ever giving the family a break from flight or fight thinking. Contact us for an innovative neuroscience solution to family dysfunction. Kevin@kevinflemingphd.com or 877-606-6161.