Families
No single person is the problem.
Families are systems. When one part changes, the others often react too.
Looking at the system
In family therapy we look not only at individual people, but at relationships, roles, expectations and communication patterns within the family. Everyone in a family affects everyone else.
When something unexpected happens — a crisis, a loss, a major change or a rupture — roles and dynamics shift. Working systemically means making these interactions visible and working with them, so something can move without making any one person responsible.
What families come with
Usually not a single concern, but an interplay that has become stuck.
Parents and childrenExpectations, conflict, the balance of closeness and limits.
Adolescence and leaving homeWhen older children look for their own way and the system has to re-order itself.
Roles and tasksWho carries which responsibility — spoken and unspoken.
Communication patternsHow the family talks, and where conversations reliably break down.
Step-families and new constellationsTwo families becoming one, with different histories.
TransitionsA move, a separation, illness, a new family member — phases with a lot in motion.
Session format
- Family session
A first step is enough.
If a conversation seems useful to you, write to me via It’s Complicated. The initial consultation is for getting to know each other — with no obligation.