Family Therapy and Counseling

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Family Therapy and Counseling
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Family counseling serves as a haven to identify,
discuss, and explore resolutions for a variety of
family difficulties that prevent you from
maintaining healthy relationships.
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What is Family Therapy and Counseling?
When families have any communications
difficulties or problems that they need help
with, the therapists usually use psychotherapy to
help the family talk through their problems.
Psychotherapy is a form of talking therapy that
is used by licensed marriage and family
counselors in their sessions.
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Why Do Families Get Counseling?
Families often seek counseling services because
individuals need help sharing, recognizing, and
accepting needs, opinions, strengths, and
weaknesses.
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Parents and children attend counseling sessions
together to work through issues like

• Anger
• Coping with health issues
• Couples counseling
• Custody issues
• Divorce or separation
• Financial issues
• Grief and loss
• Substance abuse

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How can Family Counseling help?
In many instances, each family counseling
appointment is educational. Therapists teach
behavioral and communication skills that help
each individual find better ways to manage
changes and conflicts. Together, the family can
create goals and plans that will help them work
through issues they encounter in the future.
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Family Counseling and significant life changes
Amanda Levison, a therapist in Harrisburg PA
practicing at the Neurofeedback Counseling
Center of Pennsylvania says, We often work with
families who need help managing a major move to a
new country, home, or school. We work with
families, so they better adapt to adoption or a
new birth, and we help blended families learn to
live together harmoniously. When families have
new life dynamics, they often need to find time
to process them with a neutral outside party like
a therapist.
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How does Family Therapy work?
During the session, your therapist will ask
everyone several questions and will expect honest
answers. You might be asked about the positives
and negatives of your relationships with each
other, as well as the reason why you chose to
attend counseling sessions.
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After learning about the conflict and the
personalities of each individual present, the
therapist will begin to help you recognize what
each person can do in the relationships and how
to work through problems with healthy, rational
communication. The therapist might also ask for
some changes in the dynamics of the group. It is
important that parents and children do not think
the therapist is taking sides because they want
the whole group to get along and function in the
best possible way.
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Neurofeedback Counseling Center of Pennsylvania
1820 Linglestown Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17110(717)
202-2510
www.neuroandcounselingcenter.com