Family therapy and parent coaching.

Your family used to be close and connected, but now everything is an argument. You no longer have fun with each other, and everything feels like a chore. When you try to talk about things, it leads to withdrawal or an emotional explosion. So you learn to stop bringing things up over time, but your worries are still there.

Perhaps you and your co-parent were raised with very different parenting styles, or perhaps you have a blended family with several co-parents and households. There may be disagreements about which parents style is best, or may be challenging switching between households or adjusting to new family dynamics. Family therapy can help to navigate these unique challenges.

Adolescence is hard for teens and parents. This is the time teens need support and advice more than ever, but it is also the time where they may be the least likely to talk to you. They want to solve problems independently and are trying to develop their sense of identity and values, separate from their parents. It can be hard to step in and offer support or guidance when it’s not welcomed.

If any of this sounds like you, then you’re in the right place. Whether you’re talking about your family-of-origin or your nuclear family, family conflict and disconnection is tough. But families can also be the source of immense love and joy. At Cypress, our mission is to help you address the barriers to healthy conflict and communication and expand on joyful experiences. Our trained clinicians are seasoned in family therapy and can support the unique needs of your family.

Some of the focuses of family therapy might include:

  • Conflict resolution

  • Developing healthier communication skills

  • Repairing relational ruptures and hurts

  • Coping with transitions, loss, or new family dynamics

  • Finding the balance between autonomy and limit setting with your teen

  • Building trust

At Cypress, we are experts in helping teens and their families. With our specialty in adolescence and transitional-age youth, we are competent at not just helping your teen with the difficult challenges they face, but also with helping parents know what to do, like when to set limits versus when to offer more autonomy, and everything in between. Connect with us to see if therapy is right for your family!

Which treatment modality is used is dependent on the family, challenge or goal, clinician experience and expertise and so on. There’s variety in the treatment method’s used at Cypress because not every family will respond to the same technique. We tailor our clinical approach to best meet your needs. What does remain the same; however, is that we’re only drawing from empirically supported treatments, otherwise known as evidenced-based. This means that all treatment approaches have been rigorously researched and demonstrated to be highly effective for the treatment goals or challenges that we’re targetting.

The evidence-based treatments we use include: