Family Counseling Services in The Hills, TX.

I like to help people get a long better. Relationships are vitally important to our existence as human beings and they are highly valued by our Creator God. Learning how to love one another - especially those within our own family - is paramount. My desire is to restore proper boundaries, help mediate conflict, and to empower parents and children.

Working with teens and families is one of my favorite aspects of my practice. Learning about each individual family's culture--the unspoken rules, the traditional ways of communicating and setting boundaries, is the first step to bringing about the changes that many families long for: increased intimacy, improved communication, safety, trust, belonging. We also provide programming for families with an addicted member. Learning ways to deepen insight, improve communication, set strong flexible boundaries and enjoy leaning into a morning or afternoon of self care proves for an empowering opportunity for growth and healing.

I believe that family therapy can be a powerful for change in your life. As a family therapist, I am able to provide a supportive environment for families to develop stronger relationships. Family therapy can help you to build healthy communication skills, strengthen support within your family, navigate difficult life transitions, and find more enjoyment in your relationships.

Family counseling first and foremost provides a safe environment, an unbiased atmosphere where each family member has the time and space to be heard. My job is to ensure civility and respect between family members and between groups of family members within the family unit. I use cognitive/behavior therapy coupled with systems theory, and psychodynamic theory to create a learning environment to enhance change. I am very interactive, sometimes directive and give homework to help keep participants on course with their goals.

Families are complicated systems that start with birth and continue throughout life, regardless of age. Finding new ways to relate to family members that reduce or eliminate turmoil and lead to more satisfaction for everyone involved is the aim of family therapy. From parenting dilemmas with children within the home, blended families, co-parenting through divorce, or adults having difficulty with parents later in life, there is a way to calm the troubled waters and emerge refreshed with clear solutions in hand.

Too many families shy away from getting help because they fear out of control counseling sessions where everyone points fingers and places blame. At Chenal Family Therapy, we work to create a blame-free environment that focuses on finding solutions not faults. We limit our family therapy sessions to only the immediately relevant parties under the belief that others should not be dragged into the conflict that exists solely between two people. We teach skills that help families decrease their long-term need for therapy and become their own problem solvers. When needed, individuals can be referred internally to one of our specialists for coordinated care on related issues such addiction.

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.

Families can be extremely frustrating. No one knows better than our family how to push our buttons. Fights tend to go the same way every time. I work with families to discover their underlying patterns and work to change those patterns to lead different outcomes. The family therapy process can be chaotic, but my approach leads to peace at the end of the chaos.

Familes create complicated systems and part of my work is to identify the systems that are in place. Some of what I look for include identifying the roles each member takes, the communication patterns, power issues, where aliances form, the rule system (both spoken and unspoken rules), Family work is both challenging and rewarding as we work together to establish strong family bonds, heal past wounds and improve communication

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.

Individuals do not exist in a vacuum, everyone is a part of a larger unit. Our closest and most enduring unit is the family unit. As a child we learn to interact much the same way our family interacts. If change is needed in the dynamics of the family unit because of poor communication or an individual problem that has grown to encompass the whole unit then an intervention from the outside can give new perspective and new hope to sometimes a very demoralizing situation.

Austin Trauma Therapy Center has been treating families for many years. We understand when there are disagreements in the family and household and we can help facilitate and guide the family to a place of harmony and safety. We utilize a number of therapeutic modalities to successfully do this. Let's chat more to discuss how Austin Trauma Treatment Center can help you and your family.

If you're an adult and struggling with family conflict or wanting to repair a family relationship, I can help. Many clients I work with are adults that want to repair or heal a strained relationship. I also help families struggling with the complexities caring for an elderly parent can have. If you're looking for help, please don't wait any longer. Contact me today.