Family Counseling Services in Benton, NY.

Supporting your loved ones through difficult times is essential, yet it can often feel challenging to know how to help. As a nurse practitioner, I’m dedicated to providing guidance and resources for families facing mental health challenges. Together, we can foster a supportive environment that encourages open communication and understanding. Your family’s well-being is of utmost importance, and I’m here to help strengthen those bonds and provide the tools you need for healing and connection. Let’s work together to create a nurturing space for everyone.

Family therapy is an active approach that Chris Colasuonno, LCSW-R uses to help bring peace and harmony for the family. There are a lot of dynamics in a family where psychotherapy and counseling can balance out clients and family. A family's culture, dynamics, viewpoint can play a big part in how a family interacts. Many families have issues with mental illness and substance abuse issues that effect each member. Some families benefit from couples therapy, relationship counseling that can lower anger and get individuals to communicate effectively. Chris possesses a lot of experience to balance out a family member's viewpoint using cognitive behavior therapy to find solutions.

Families are important. Family relationships almost always play an important role in an individual's ability to develop a strong self-esteem and engage in healthy relationships. So, family counseling is often a powerful tool for mending or restoring relationships to good health. Over time, most of us learn to interact a certain way with certain family members and continue to treat them in a certain way without taking into account life changes or more effective options. Family therapy can be a wonderful way to increase awareness of ineffective interactional styles and identify more respectful and compassionate approaches.

Family dynamics can be complex and sometimes overwhelming. In our medication management sessions, I aim to provide support for individual family members while recognizing the broader dynamics at play. Whether dealing with stress, anxiety, or emotional challenges, I’ll work with you to create a personalized medication plan that addresses specific needs and promotes overall harmony within the family. Together, we’ll explore adjustments as necessary to help everyone find their voice and foster healthier interactions. You don’t have to navigate these challenges alone—let’s work together to strengthen your family bonds and create a more peaceful home environment.

Is your family facing a difficult time? Does your house no longer feel like a home due to constant conflict, bickering, parenting issues, or external stressors such as a change or transition? Does your family have health difficulties that would better be treated as a whole? Sometimes during these trying times, a mediator is needed to help open the lines of communication and drop defenses. If your family is in need of this type of assistance, I am here to help. I have worked with families of all kinds and have helped them to feel connected and happy again. I am here to offer your family hope for the future. Call or E-Mail me today.

It wasn't always this way. There was a time you looked forward to being with each other. There was trust and you enjoyed each other's company. Now it feels like there is an invisible wall separating you. Hal's soothing wisdom offers you the opportunity to learn the vital building blocks leading to a trusting and loving relationship. Hal is an experienced and highly regarded couples counselor. He is also a published author and was invited to appear as a special guest on David Lettermans Late Night television program on 2 separate occasions. Hal's schedule is flexible and appointments are available days, evenings and Sundays. Since 1975.

We help family members work together to reconnect, strengthen existing resources and find solutions to tough problems. Family therapy can be useful in family situations that result in stress, grief, anger or conflict. Issues that may bring a family to therapy could include: a problem a child is having in school, mental, behavioral, or physical illness of a family member, loss of a family member, or dissatisfaction or dissolution in a marriage At Transformation Counseling we focus on aiding families in developing more effective, less stressful patterns of living. If you and your family are ready to take that step please contact us.

Families can carry either unhealed wounds or trauma and/or may have unhealthy communication patterns. These issues can be significantly improved with family therapy. I create a safe space for all parties to share their feelings in a healthy way, without blame, focusing on their own personal experience. I then provide exercises and tools to help them gain understanding of one another and validate one another. This has often been markedly lacking and can be very healing to receive. We go back in time to understand how the current dynamic in the family developed and with that understanding, how it can be shifted into a healthier dynamic.

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.

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.

We feel that the parents/guardians are in the best position to support their children. As a result, we encourage our parents to participate in their children’s therapy. We meet with both the child(ren) and parents separately to understand their perspectives prior to engaging in family therapy. In this way, we can assess the strengths and needs of each participant to support effective communication and treatment.

The dynamics of a family are unique and complicated. It is important that in all sessions each member is heard. Family systems therapy regardless of the problem whether "individual" or a "family issue," involving the family in solutions often benefits clients. As a family and couples counselor my ability to influence sessions is in a way that catalyses the strength, wisdom and support of a wider system is crucial for positive outcomes. With over ten years of experience as a drug and alcohol counselor understanding the impact that substance abuse has on every individual in the family system is beneficial in helping family gain awareness and knowledge.