Family Therapy
Support for families navigating conflict, change, or disconnection.
How Family Therapy Works at Healthy Minds
Family therapy brings family members together to examine shared patterns and build more constructive ways of relating.
At Healthy Minds, it's typically offered as part of an existing individual therapy relationship, not a standalone first appointment.
If you don't currently have an individual therapist here, start with an individual intake. Your therapist can then assess whether family sessions make sense.
Who It's For
Families experiencing:
Communication breakdowns or feeling unheard
Recurring conflict or tension
A major life change (diagnosis, bereavement, separation, blended family, a move)
A child or teen struggling within the family system
Distance or estrangement between family members
Patterns carried across generations
Conditions We Treat
Our clinicians bring specialized training across a wide range of areas. Here's where we focus most.
Communication & Conflict
Family Communication Issues
Recurring Conflict
Sibling Conflict
Struggling Child or Teen
Child & Teen Behavioral Changes
School-Related Stress
Family-Based Support
Life Transitions
Separation & Divorce
Blended Family Support
Grief & Bereavement
Connection & Patterns
Estrangement & Distance
Intergenerational Patterns
Family-of-Origin Issues
Our Process
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GET TO KNOW
Meet Family Therapists
Katharine De Santos
Founder, Clinic Director & EMDR Therapist
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Trauma and PTSD, EMDR therapy, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, fertility and reproductive mental health, life transitions, relationship concerns, support for first responders and frontline professionals.
Kasey Silva
Registered Psychotherapist
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Trauma, anxiety, depression, self-worth, self-esteem, relationship issues, life transitions, Family conflict.
What to Expect
Family sessions are structured and guided by your therapist. Each person in the room is given space to share their perspective, and the therapist works to help family members listen to each other in new ways, rather than simply responding to what they expect to hear.
Sessions focus on patterns within the system, not on identifying blame or assigning fault. The goal is to increase understanding, reduce reactivity, and develop more effective and connected ways of communicating.
Family sessions may be offered as a defined short series, for example four to six sessions around a specific issue, or as a recurring part of an ongoing therapeutic process, depending on what makes sense clinically.
A Note on Confidentiality in Family Sessions
When multiple family members attend a session together, confidentiality operates differently than in individual therapy. Your therapist will discuss how information shared in family sessions is handled, and what remains confidential to each individual, before you begin. We take these conversations seriously and approach them with care.
