Family Therapy

For parents and teenagers…

Maybe you’re thinking about family therapy because something is off with your teen and you can’t quite put your finger on it. “Are they depressed?” “Are they being bullied?” “Why do I feel so shut out?”

Maybe you think, “I said I would never do the thing my parent did… And I just did it. Ugh.” (Insert face-palm here.)

Or, perhaps, you feel so far removed from your teenager. You long to find the open door and figure out why this season of life is so hard. (Real talk - Okay, it sucks.) You love your kid so much that your heart could burst but you feel like they don’t get you and you don’t get them.

You wonder if other parents feel like their wheels are just spinning. “Why do we have the same argument 372 times per week?!” (You’re not alone and yes, their wheels are spinning, too.)

Oof. It’s so hard.

We get that you can look at your kid and feel so much love and also feel so unsure of what to do next. It makes both the everyday stuff and the big conversations hard. We know that you love your child fiercely and you want them to feel that big love, too.

And yet. How to start?

“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.” -Brené Brown

Within the EFFT (Emotionally Focused Family Therapy) approach, we use a collaborative approach to family therapy that assumes we all bring something to the table, BUT, there are blocks that can stop the caregiving reach or response from parent to child. When this happens, that distance feels so worrisome. Where do you even start?

You all long to hear each other out and it’s our *JOY* to make space for that to happen in a deliberate, slower, and clearer way. We’re not gonna shame you for the thing you said last week (you probably have already done that to yourself enough already) but we’re also not going to sugar coat stuff. You can find someone else to answer “yes” to all your questions. We’re here to help you, your kids, and your partner (if applicable) figure out where you’re getting stuck over and over.

We believe you have this ability in you already and we’ll figure it out together.

Call or email Jennifer (jennifer@restoretherapysc.com // 864-256-0842) to schedule your free 20-minute phone consultation to figure out how we can do this.

Note: Family therapy is only available in English, as our family therapist is a non-Spanish speaker. If you’re looking for a family therapy referral or a referral for your teen in Spanish, email Rachel for recommendations. (Favor de notar que la terapia familiar sola está disponible en inglés por que nuestra terapeuta familiar solo puede ofrecerlo en inglés. Sí Ud. necesita la terapia familiar o terapia para su adolescente, favor de comunicarse con Rachel y ella le puede brindar con recomendaciones.)