Family Therapy

Building and strengthening the relationships between families

WHAT IS FAMILY & GROUP THERAPY

Families become stronger when its members respond to each other’s emotional needs, respect differences, and work through difficult feelings and situations. Family Therapy services are geared towards strengthening family functioning. Therapy with the family focuses on improving communication, resolving conflict, setting goals and problem solving together. In short our focus is on creating harmony in your home

How We Can Help You

Communicate, Explore and Enjoy One Another

Family sessions focus on the family unit. Our counsellors help you look at and examine the patterns of relationships in your family and assess whether they are supportive or healthy for the family as a unit and for the individual family members. We explore issues such as conflicts, financial challenges, communication difficulties, the effects of addiction etc. and help the family address these challenges.

What We Offer

Our Range of Services Include

Common Issues We Can Help You Address

- Divorce and separation
- Anxiety
- Birth/Adoption of a child
- Sibling Rivalry
- Parent Child Conflict
- Blended Family
- Inter-generational relationships

- Relationship conflict
- Mental heath issues
- Health crises
- Grief and loss
- Extended family issues
- Financial challenges
- Substance abuse and Addictions

What We Offer

Comprehensive health and wellness services for the workplace

Common Issues We Can Help You Address

- Divorce and separation
- Anxiety
- Birth/Adoption of a child
- Sibling Rivalry
- Parent Child Conflict
- Blended Family
- Inter-generational relationships

- - Relationship conflict
  - Mental heath issues
  - Health crises
  - Grief and loss
  - Extended family issues
  - Financial challenges
  - Substance abuse and Addictions

How Family Therapy Benefits You

Communicate, Explore and Get Closer to One Another

Positive Outcomes of Family Therapy

Family therapy can support family functioning on many levels:

- Builds empathy and understanding
- Develops healthy boundaries
- Improves communication among family members
- Facilitates cohesion
- Promotes problem solving
- Reduces family conflict
- Enhances enjoyment of time together

“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” – Mother Teresa

Are you balancing work and family? Take a short quiz.

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3 Tips To Create Healthy Family Life

Balancing Work and Family Life

- Make balancing family and work a family effort.
- Share responsibilities. Children can be taught age appropriate responsibilities.
- Find appropriate child care.
- Develop a healthy support system.

Commit to family time

- Do activities that are enjoyable to the family at least once weekly. Be creative.
- Couples need to take care of their relationship. Spend time together.
- Be available to talk with your children.
- Attend your child’s events. Encourage their all-round development.

Set family Goals

Setting goals together as a family establishes an anchor for family behaviours and decisions:

- Seek ideas from each member of the family old enough to contribute.
- Set manageable goals – financial, spiritual, social, educational etc.
- Revisit goals from time to time.
- Celebrate achievements, no matter how small.

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Your First Meeting with the EAP - What to Expect, How to Prepare

Meeting with an Employee Assistance program (EAP) professional may seem a bit awkward at first, especially if you have never sought help for a personal or family problem before. But take heart: The EAP counselor has done this many times and will walk you through the process one step at a time.

Getting started

After some initial “get acquainted” conversation, the counselor probably will ask you an open-ended question such as, “How can I help you today?” or “What would you like to talk about?” This can make people nervous, but it’s as good a way as any to get started.

It usually is best to describe your feelings first. In other words, describe your distress before you explain the details and the circumstances. For example, you might start by saying that you are feeling sad or depressed and just can’t seem to shake it. The employee assistance counselor can then narrow the scope of his questions accordingly.

Four objectives for the first EAP visit

Determine the nature of your concern.
Problems come in all shapes and sizes. Depression, substance abuse, marital conflict, stress, or all of the above may be causing significant upset in your life. The EAP counselor will likely ask you to first talk about what you are feeling. This is easy because there are really only four emotions: sadness, fear, anger and joy. So try to determine the dominant feeling that has brought you to the EAP.

Determine the intensity or severity of the problem.
Once the nature of the problem is identified, it’s important to measure the impact on your life. For example, losing a parent causes grief and sadness, which is a normal response. However, if grief persists for months and begins to interfere or conflict with other areas of life, then it is severe.

Assess your current motivation to address the problem and make changes.
The goal of counseling is change—be it changing our unhealthy circumstances or our response to things that cannot change. Accordingly, willingness to try new ways of coping with a problem, stressful event, or unpleasant person is a critical component of the counseling and change process. Also, everyone has a tolerance for change and the employee assistance counselor can help you set an appropriate pace.

Assess the type and level of support from family, friends or co-workers (if appropriate).
Some people have ample support from family and friends and co-workers, while others have virtually none. The amount and intensity of support needed from professionals is, in part, dependent on the availability of non-professional support from concerned others. Individuals who live alone often require much more time and professional support for the same problem as someone with an intact support family.

Preparation - Things to think about before your visit

As you prepare to see the EAP, think about the four objectives outlined above and try to be as specific as you can. But don’t worry if you can’t—sometimes we get so stressed and overwhelmed that we simply cannot put a sentence together. The employee assistance professional will understand.

Confidentiality and Privacy

You should know that the cornerstone of the Employee Assistance Program, EAP is strict confidentiality. The EAP counsellor will discuss this with you during the first visit and answer any questions or address any concerns that you have.

Family Therapy

WHAT IS FAMILY & GROUP THERAPY

How We Can Help You

What We Offer

Common Issues We Can Help You Address

What We Offer

Common Issues We Can Help You Address

How Family Therapy Benefits You

Positive Outcomes of Family Therapy

Are you balancing work and family? Take a short quiz.

Are you balancing work and family? Take a short quiz.

3 Tips To Create Healthy Family Life

Balancing Work and Family Life

Commit to family time

Set family Goals

Work-Family Life Balance

Step 1 of 6 - Allocating time for family

Supervisor Self-Appraisal

Step 1 of 12 - Avoided Interaction

Stress Quiz

Step 1 of 8 - Level of social Interaction

Your First Meeting with the EAP - What to Expect, How to Prepare

Getting started

Four objectives for the first EAP visit

Preparation - Things to think about before your visit

Confidentiality and Privacy