Family-Systems Therapy
When a young woman begins to make significant personal changes--even positive ones--it's not unusual for her family to be thrown into a form of disequilibrium that can impede those changes. Our family-therapy program provides assistance for parents and siblings, equipping them to support, rather than impede, positive change. By using the most current family-systems therapies (based on The Bowen Theory), our students and their families have a safe place to learn, grow, and support one another during a challenging but hopeful time.
Family-systems therapy is more epistemological than it is reliant on any specific set of techniques. As such, Fulshear therapists may employ a variety of other psychotherapeutic approaches in the context created by our family-systems orientation. Family systems theory emerged in the 1920s as the confluence of systems theory in general and various psychotherapeutic approaches, including the child guidance movement and the relatively new field of marriage counseling. It has evolved significantly over the past many decades, but the fundamental tenet remains, which is simply that individual psychological growth is best achieved in the powerful context of family relationships.
Working with emerging adults presents unique challenges within the family system. Our students are often firmly entrenched in an unhealthy parent/child dynamic that does not serve them as they transition into adulthood. We work with both the student and her parents to shift this dynamic to a more functional adult-child to parent relationship.
Families visit Fulshear periodically for in-person family and equine therapy; these robust family-therapy intensives are complemented by weekly family telephone sessions with our clinical staff.
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