Family Counseling  and Therapy in Sacramento

Family therapy offers space to address conflict, heal strained relationships, and improve how family members relate to one another. Whether you’re dealing with chronic stress or a single major rupture, therapy helps families move toward better understanding and shared solutions.

Support For All Stages  of Life

Family dynamics often shift during major transitions. We work with families adjusting to divorce, loss, remarriage, the launch of a young adult, or caring for an aging parent. Therapy can help clarify roles, manage grief, and respond to the emotional ripple effects that change brings.

Blended or Reconfigured Families

When families come together through remarriage, adoption, or caregiving changes, confusion around boundaries and loyalty can arise. These changes often bring emotional intensity. Therapy offers space to define roles, manage expectations, and support respectful dialogue across household lines.

Has Conflict Become the Norm?

Persistent tension can develop between parents and teens, co-parents, adult siblings, or other combinations. Research shows that ongoing family conflict contributes to higher stress, increased school and work disruption, and lower life satisfaction. Therapy helps lower the emotional temperature and build more effective ways of communicating.

When Grief and Trauma Present Themselves

Families often struggle to process pain after a loss, infidelity, or a traumatic event. When one person's experience changes the emotional tone of the home, therapy helps everyone understand that impact and find their voice. Sessions may involve the full family or a subset, depending on what best supports healing.

Rebuild Trust and Repair Ruptures

Trust breaks down over time or in sudden moments. That rupture may come from secrets, emotional disconnection, substance use, or feeling unheard. Therapy helps families name hurt, acknowledge impact, and explore how to begin repair. These conversations happen with care and are shaped by what each family can tolerate and commit to.

There's Room For Reflection and Repair

You may come in with frustration, grief, or silence between you. We help families sit with those emotions, ask hard questions, and begin to rebuild trust, one step at a time.

FAQs About Family Counseling in Sacramento

• What types of families do you work with?

  We work with families of all kinds: biological, blended, adopted, chosen, queer, multigenerational, and more. If you define it as your family, we're here to support that unit.

• Can just part of the family attend therapy?

  Yes. Sometimes sessions involve a parent and teen, co-parents, or siblings without involving every family member. We tailor the structure to what the family system needs.

• Do you work with children?

  Yes. Our therapists are trained to include children in family therapy when appropriate. We use developmentally sensitive approaches and may combine family sessions with individual support for children or teens.

• What if there's been a serious rupture in our family?

  Family therapy is often a helpful space to talk through betrayal, estrangement, or long-standing disconnection. These situations require care and structure, and we help families move at a pace that supports safety and clarity.

• Do you accept insurance for family counseling?

  We are a private-pay practice. However, we provide superbills that clients may use to request out-of-network reimbursement. Rates vary by therapist based on experience and training.