What do you understand by family counseling?
Family one of the important components of our life. We are connected to this group of people everyday or in a way for a substantial period of our life. These relationship dynamics are different and may even consist of different generations in the same house. Due to this there could be different perspectives towards life issues and solutions to them. This can sometimes lead to conflicts. To improve the family bonding and help strengthen the relationships you can take the benefit of family counseling. Family therapy is also the method by which the people in the family can take counseling to understand how to help support the treatment of one of the family member who may be suffering from a certain mental health issue.
Family counseling can provide the help support and guidance to resolve family disputes, help loved ones recover from trauma or related conditions, can create more bonding and better relationships within the family setup.
How can family counseling help?
Family counseling can help in the following ways
- Help in the better well being and creation of bonding within the family members
- The family can find support if any one of the member is suffering from a life threatening disease or if they are having ageing related issues
- If there are conflict in the family between couples, children and parents, between seniors in family and others then such conflicts can be resolved with the help of the counselor.
- If there is death of a family member and the other people are unable to recover from the trauma due to any particular reason then the counselor can help support them for recovery
- Any new life changes or adjustments can be smoothly done with family counseling.
Types of family counseling
There are various types of family counseling, some of them are listed below
- Strategic family counseling: Some changes in the family behavior and functionality may be required for making adjustments to specific life situations like having a child with some mental health issue. These can be taken up with strategic family counseling
- Couples therapy: This can be used in cases of newly weds or for those couples who are having some marital issues. The resolution can be sought with couples therapy.
- Systematic family therapy: The same person will function with different dynamics within the family like she may be a mother, a wife, sister, daughter in law and has these different roles to be fulfilled. When she is doing her part and is acting in these different roles in the family she may face challenges due to conflicting expectations of different family members. This can be resolved by systematic family therapy.
- Structural family therapy: In a family there are various hierarchy systems or different dynamics and structures of the family members. The families with counseling can resolve their internal issues by discovering the causes of their problems as well as solutions to these.
What the issues that we can fix in family counseling?
The following type of issues are the ones that can be fixed with family counseling:
- communication problems in different members
- Physical and emotional trauma
- Death or separation that has happened
- Behavioral issues of one of the family member
- Stress and anxiety
- Coping with sudden life changes like unemployment, death, separation, trauma, cultural shocks etc
How are sessions scheduled for family counseling?
Family counseling sessions can be scheduled online or offline. These days people may not find it convenient to visit our office for the counseling. There is also a possibility that you are not located in Pune. Hence you may seek counseling online from any location. A pre-scheduled time slot will be reserved for your family members and you will need to join the meeting. The counselor from our side will guide you through the sessions.
Minimum 3 sessions will be required for the counseling. This depends on the main focus issue and the number of family members involved. There could be a possibility that more than 3 sessions would be required in some of the cases. You can contact us to know more.