At Imagine Lincoln, we offer a family therapy program for adolescents to improve communication among family members of all ages. Families can resolve current conflicts through our family counseling sessions and develop tools to prevent future disputes. Family therapy is part of our intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs.
If you and your teens struggle to communicate your feelings, concerns, hopes, and fears, contact us to discuss how our family therapy program and other treatment programs can help.
How Family Therapy Works
Family therapy is often a short-term approach to healing and repairing communication within the family dynamic, facilitated by a psychologist or licensed therapist. It may include all family members or only those willing and able to participate. The personalized family treatment plan starts with a comprehensive assessment to design a program based on your and your teen’s specific issues. If there are mental health or co-occurring substance use issues affecting family dynamics, our experienced team can help navigate the recovery process.
The Benefits of Family Therapy
Many family issues stem from mental health struggles or co-occurring substance use disorders, leading to hurtful communication and disruptive behavior. If your teen is struggling and family life is in crisis, our family therapy program can help.
Benefits of our family therapy program include:
- Teaching healthy communication methods
- Strengthening family connections
- Helping navigate stressful events
- Improving relationships
- Managing mental health issues
- Encouraging understanding
- Reducing stress, grief, and anger
- Teaching empathy
- Managing and resolving parent-child conflicts
- Addressing co-occurring substance abuse impacts
What to Expect During Family Counseling Sessions
During family counseling sessions in Lincoln, Nebraska, several family members typically meet together. Sessions usually last one hour or less and span approximately a dozen sessions, depending on the therapist’s recommendations.
During a family therapy program, you can expect to:
- Examine problem-solving abilities
- Discuss healthier ways to express emotions, ideas, and thoughts
- Explore roles, rules, and behavior patterns within the family
- Identify and utilize each family member’s strengths to improve family life
- Understand the mental health and co-occurring substance abuse struggles of family members
- Develop empathy and find common ground
Set and work towards achieving family goals
Begin Family Therapy at Imagine Lincoln
The therapists at Imagine Lincoln are experienced, compassionate professionals trained to address adolescent concerns impacting the larger family dynamic. If your family is affected by a teen in crisis, do not wait to seek professional help. Contact us to learn how our family therapy program in Lincoln, Nebraska, can help you achieve your goals.