Setting boundaries, navigating differences

Therapy for Adult Families.

 

The Good Relationship Practice provides counselling for adult families struggling with poor communication, unresolved conflict, life transitions and grief.

Our expert therapists are trained to work with multiple people in the room and will create a safe space so that each family member has a chance to express their opinion and feel heard.

By moderating the discussion, and keeping it on task, we can gently encourage people to understand how their current behaviours are impacting others and suggest ways of changing these patterns. We focus on setting workable boundaries and looking ahead to better relationships in the future.

Adult family therapy sessions can be structured to include all family members or only part of the family, in sessions of ones and twos. With our online therapy option, we can bring together people who are living around Australia or internationally.

We can support you with these common issues faced by adult families:

  • Estrangements & cut-offs

    Ongoing conflict, difficult personalities, emotional manipulation. We can help you to resolve resentments and restore the balance of power in relationships.

  • Unresolved conflict

    Narcissistic parents or siblings, power plays, treading on eggshells, disapproving in-laws. We can help you to discuss differences and set boundaries.

  • Access to grandchildren

    Grandchildren lost through divorce, over-bearing grandparents, opposing value sets. We can help you to establish new ways of staying connected.

  • Childhood trauma

    Physical, sexual and emotional abuse, ongoing denial from family members, mental illness. We can help you to process past hurts and engage with choice and safety.

  • Money & estate issues

    Inheritance, feuds over Wills, late-stage marriage, family business succession planning. We can help you to discuss money matters in a mediated environment.

  • Grief & loss

    Death of a family member, separation & divorce, career changes & loss of confidence, mental illness or permanent injury. We can help you to grieve losses and find a new equilibrium.