Relational Therapy

Sometimes relationships with kids or parents, friends or co-workers are the issue. We can consult or work with different groups of people to help manage conflicts, shift patterns of interactions, and improve relationships between willing participants. Using a variety of modalities, our goal is to help everyone feel seen, heard, and understood in their process of finding solutions and better ways of connecting.

In group therapy, whether it is a family system or another type of group, the relational group as a whole is the client–rather than any of the individuals alone (even though, by necessity, one of you will be the primary client in our EHR system). Therefore, all members of the group are asked to equally contribute to the process and set goals. As therapists, it is our goal to care for all of you, help you empathize with each other, and care for the relationships between you rather than simply ‘referee’ your conflicts or be the ‘behavior police’.

Different members of the group may be asked to come to sessions at different times depending on the current issues and the best way to solve those issues. We usually discover and get buy in about a course of action that we feel will be successful. This might mean all members attend a session or just a few.