The mission of Families in Transition is to provide high quality individual, marital and family therapy services. Families in Transition offers a way of helping people resolve individual and relationship problems. We explore individual history, and use a systems approach, which is a way of looking at problems and difficulties in terms of an individual's context, including relationships with important others. Our therapy typically focuses on relationships and strengths rather than individual deficits. We believe that focusing on relationships and strengths can be a resource for resolving a variety of problems, both individual (depression, anxiety, etc.) and relationship based (couples, families, work, etc.).
People bring many different types of problems to our office. These can include difficulties typically looked at as "individual" problems including anxiety, depression, school or work difficulties, and problems with self esteem. We work to strengthen relationships and resolve relationship problems for couples, families, or individuals. These problems can include conflict, communication, general unhappiness, life transition problems, or specifically identified difficulties. Family therapy can also be used as an adjunct to individual therapy to help people adjust to and manage such difficulties as chronic illness, mental illness, attention deficit disorder, drug/alcohol abuse related problems, eating disorders, and domestic violence.
We are trained to work with people experiencing a variety of problems. Examples of signals that might suggest a need for individual or family therapy include: