Family Therapy

Family therapy looks at patterns of distress that extend over many generations.

• Can you freely express feelings in your family?
• Do you wish that your family could just reasonably discuss problems instead of resorting to guilt and games?
• Does it bother you to hear that you’re just like your father or you remind me of your grandmother?
• Are you a parent to your parent?
• Do you treat your children like adults?
• Do your children never listen and always rebel?
• Do your parents always interfere and tell you how do raise your children?
• Are your children experts at playing one parent against the other?
  
• As an adult, are you still treated like a child by family members?
• Are you the savior, scapegoat, counselor, or distracter in your family system but can’t get out of your role?
• Do you feel that you have your own space?
• Do you feel guilty that you want a life of your own?
• Can you cut the tension with a knife on holiday family gatherings?
• Does your family prefer that certain “shameful” events aren’t really happening?
• Rather than directly tell someone how you feel, do you tell someone else?

Let Kip Flock help your family celebrate its strengths, recognize its weaknesses, and accept goals and strategies to change. Most families get stuck at some natural points in the development of a family – such as when new children are born, when one parent goes back into the workforce, when grandparents move closer, etc. One change in a family has a “domino” effect on the other family members. While change can be healthy, most families try to remain the same.

Kip can help your family identify unhealthy behaviors or avoidance patterns. Kip will help families develop “healthy goals and strategies” toward change. Kip has been trained in assessing family dynamics and freeing whole systems to meet the ever-changing needs of its members. He will help you embrace your family heritage and increase your family’s flexibility to meet the demands of a faster-paced world.

• Allow individual family members to grow
• Change behavior patterns that are unhealthy and unproductiive
• Move through natural transitions and unexpected crises
• Enjoy a safe, positive style that has everyone contribute

Contact Kip at (570) 743-1055 to set up your family therapy session.