Aging-parent care
Adult siblings navigating decisions, divisions of labor, and old roles re-emerging.
For families
Family therapy.
When the stress in one part of the system is rippling out to the rest. For the people who live or decide together — without one person being framed as 'the problem.'
- 60–90 min sessions
- Weekly or biweekly
- Systems-aware
- Adults & teens
What it's for.
We work with adult-family systems most often: a couple of adult siblings navigating an aging parent's care, a blended family negotiating new roles, parents and adult children re-engaging after distance, or a household where one person's burnout has been quietly running the rest of the system.
We also see families with teen and young-adult members, where developmentally-aware family work is often the right starting point.
The work is for the people who live or decide together. There is no requirement that everyone arrive ready at once. Some of the most important work starts with whoever is willing to begin.
The methods
What we use.
Family work is grounded in systems thinking — the conviction that none of us is the source of our own pattern, and most of us are running family scripts we didn't write.
We draw on Bowen family systems, structural family therapy, internal family systems where useful for individuals in the room, and emotionally-focused approaches for the attachment work underneath.
In the room
What a session looks like.
We usually start with everyone in the room for the first session, then mix individual, dyad, and full-family sessions over the course of the work. The pace is steady.
We don't try to "solve" the family in a session — we look at the patterns, slow them down, and find the small leverage points where change is possible.
None of us is the source of our own pattern. Most of us are running scripts we didn't write.— On systems thinking
Common reasons families reach out
What families come in for.
Blended families
Negotiating new roles, schedules, and authority after a remarriage or move.
Re-engagement
Parents and adult children rebuilding contact after estrangement or distance.
One member's burnout
When one person's exhaustion, illness, or addiction is reshaping the rest of the household.
Teen or young-adult struggle
A young person's distress that is also, often, a signal about the system.
Major transitions
A move, a loss, a diagnosis, a baby — anything asking the family to redraw itself.
You don't need to know which of these you're in. Often, the first session is what helps you name it.
First step
Schedule a fit conversation.
A 60-minute first session helps us see who's in the room, what's working, and where to begin. Not a commitment — a starting point.