Family Counseling Services in Baltimore, MD.

Sometimes families need help. As a registered parent educator, it is my belief that a lot of parent's stuff comes up when parenting. This stuff gets in the way of creating a secure attachment with the child and can cause damage. Parents and children, given the right tools, can repair this damage and learn to work together. I use several different experiential activities along with psychotherapy to help families learn to heal and then have fun together.

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.

When people feel heard, everything changes. Thus, if a family can create an atmosphere in which every voice has its place, a great shift can occur in which the atmosphere changes from defensive to expansive, from reactionary to benevolent, from frustrated to fulfilled. Sure, change is hard, but it is also rewarding, and miraculous. There cannot be a more rewarding experience than seeing family members discover just how warm and supportive a place the family can be.

The family can receive support in developing a genogram that can improve their awareness of past and present issues, including dependence, abuse history, adverse childhood experiences, the health of relationships, and family achievement history. The family can also be motivated to resolve fears of rejection, low self-esteem, and defiance. An ultimate goal would be for the therapist to help guide the family to a place of connectedness and harmony, where there is support, help, and concern for all members.

We are all relational beings, living within interactive, emotional systems. How we relate to our most significant others (spouse, children, siblings, etc.) can sometimes lapse into unpleasant scripts and powerful undercurrents of action-reaction, negative group-think, and ineffective authority roles. Restoring a sense of effective functioning, wellness and harmony (shalom) within family relationships can be aided by learning and practicing new ways to empathize, communicate, and collaborate with each other. Under certain conditions, families can even benefit from video sessions or teletherapy (if more convenient and less stressful than gathering everyone at a therapist's office!)

Family therapy can be helpful for many concerns that impact our relationship with loved ones. Some of these issues include: Problems associated with blended family adjustment *Adolescents struggling with emotional or behavioral issues *Healing fractured relationships with parents and or in-laws *Reconciliation and/or reconnection with an adult child I have found that many of the interventions I have employed to help couples reconnect have been helpful in facilitating healing and repair in other relationships, including families. Accepting BCBS and EHP insurance