Family Counselling Services in Grunthal, MB.

Family therapy is about working together to solve problems that effect all members of the family. I will work with your family to improve communication, resolve conflict and address problems. We will ... 1. Explore communication patterns and look for new skills 2. Explore individual roles and responsibilities 3. Explore areas of conflict and ways to resolve them 4. Explore family "rules and behaviors 5. Explore family strengths and weaknesses 6. Look for ways to solve problems together 7. Set family goals and explore ways to achieve them

Families are systems of interconnected and interdependent individuals, none of whom can be understood in isolation from one another; the family is an emotional unit. As a therapist I view problems within the family as the result not of particular members' behaviors, but of the family's group dynamic. The family is seen as a complex system having its own language, roles, rules, beliefs, needs and patterns. As a therapist I endeavour to help each individual member understand how their childhood family operated, their role in that system, and how that experience has shaped their role in the current family.

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.