Family and Generational Trauma Therapy Services

Have you ever felt like your family is playing out some Game of Thrones-esque political drama?

Does it feel like no matter what you do, it’s almost never right?  Even phone calls have you sighing and deciding whether to pick up or let it ring.  Have you found yourself wishing “this time it will be different?”  You try to give them the benefit of the doubt, but are somehow always a bit disappointed.  

At best, family gatherings are dreaded but endured, riddled with passive aggressive comments that will replay in your mind on a loop.

At worst, they have been abusive, traumatic, filled with tears, shouting, or even violence.  Holidays fill you with a sense of foreboding, and you try to think of a plausible exit strategy before you have even arrived.  You’ve thought about cutting them out of your life, or maybe you have already (several times).  Nothing you do ever seems right, you can never ‘win,’ and it is rarely comfortable or easy for long.  Sometimes the relationship is better, but the egg shells and tension always comes back eventually.  

You may have thought for a lot of your life that ‘this is how all families are’ until spending time with other families. 

You may have even wished to be part of these families at times, or blame yourself for not being a better son or daughter.  It is common to blame ourselves, filling ourselves with shame and guilt.  You may question if you are ‘broken’ or ‘undeserving.’  

When treating family and generational trauma, our goal is to heal old wounds and learn to ‘re-parent’ ourselves. 

We look to identify needs that went unmet, whether because our parents didn’t know how, or because they were hurting as well.  We then find opportunities to give ourselves what we didn’t get, be that self-compassion, acceptance, kindness, or patience to be imperfect.  

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Pricing:

Individual: $160 per 50 minute session

Couples and Families: $200 per 50 minute session

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