Family Therapy Teaneck NJ

Why does my family need therapy?

Is this you and your family?

How can we stop fighting about the same things all the time?

Why does every argument end badly, with no solution?

Why do we keep fighting and blaming each other all the time?

Why do I feel so disconnected from my family?

In your family you…

  • Constantly argue

  • Fight over small things

  • Have Parent-child power struggles

  • Argue over parenting styles

  • Don’t feel close to each other

“No one is given an instruction manual for our family”

Why Family Therapy Can help

What does family Therapy provide?

  • Improve Communication within your family

    Therapy helps family members learn how to listen to each other better and talk openly about feelings, which can reduce misunderstandings and arguments.

  • Educates to create healthier boundaries

    A therapist can guide the family in setting clear, respectful boundaries that allow each member to feel safe and valued.

“Being in a family as a child or a parent is not easy. ”

  • Strengthen Family Bonds:

    Family therapy works on building stronger connections, helping family members feel closer and more understanding of each other.

  • Helps stop negative behaviors:

    Therapy can help identify unhealthy patterns in communication and behavior, like criticism, manipulation, or control, and teach healthier alternatives.

Family Therapy Methods

  • Focus: This method examines the structure of the family system and the roles each member plays. It identifies boundaries, hierarchies, and subsystems (such as parent-child relationships) to understand the dynamics that may contribute to family issues.

    Goal: To restructure dysfunctional family patterns, establish clear boundaries, and improve communication, helping the family function more cohesively.

  • Focus: This method is action-oriented and focuses on identifying and changing specific behaviors and communication patterns that contribute to family issues. It’s often short-term and goal-focused.

    Goal: To change unhealthy behavior patterns by developing strategies to shift interactions and relationships within the family.

  • Focus: This therapy sees problems as separate from individuals. It helps families reframe and re-tell their personal and collective stories, enabling them to gain perspective and move past issues by understanding them in a different light.

    Goal: To create a new, healthier narrative that empowers the family members and helps them solve problems together.

  • Focus: Developed by Murray Bowen, this method emphasizes the intergenerational transmission of behaviors and emotional responses within families. It explores family history, differentiation of self (the ability to maintain emotional boundaries), and the impact of anxiety within the family system.

    Goal: To reduce anxiety and improve individual differentiation, helping family members manage their emotions and create healthier boundaries.

  • Focus: This therapy method focuses on how thoughts and behaviors affect emotions and interactions. It helps families identify negative thought patterns that lead to dysfunctional behavior and teaches new coping strategies.

    Goal: To change negative thinking and behavior patterns to improve family communication and relationships.

  • Focus: EFT works with the emotional bond between family members. It focuses on attachment needs and helps families understand the emotional responses that contribute to conflict or detachment.

    Goal: To strengthen emotional bonds and improve family relationships by enhancing emotional expression and attachment security.

  • Focus: Rooted in the idea that families operate as systems, this method examines the interconnectedness of family members and how patterns of behavior affect the whole unit. It looks at roles, communication, and the overall family structure.

    Goal: To improve family functioning by addressing systemic issues and making changes that benefit the entire system.

  • Focus: This approach is highly cooperative, with the therapist acting as a facilitator to help family members collaborate and find solutions together. It emphasizes shared decision-making and mutual respect.

    Goal: To empower family members to collaborate and solve problems by working together in a respectful and constructive manner.