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$230/60 Mins. Session | Virtual

When Your Children Are Growing Up, Your Family Is Growing Too

Middle school through early college can be a significant transition for the entire family.

Your child is becoming more independent, developing their identity, forming their own opinions, and preparing for adulthood. Meanwhile, you may be figuring out how to parent a child who doesn't need you in the same ways anymore.

This season isn't about letting go completely.

It's about learning how to stay connected while making room for who your child is becoming.

Common Concerns

  • Parent-child conflict

  • Communication breakdowns with teens or young adults

  • Increasing independence and changing boundaries

  • Differences in parenting approaches

  • School, college, or career decisions

  • Peer relationships and social pressures

  • Your child's developing identity and values

  • Knowing when to step in and when to step back

  • Parents struggling to adjust to their changing role

  • Feeling disconnected from your child

  • Preparing for college or the transition into adulthood

  • Parents struggling to reconnect as their children become more independent

Launching Family Therapy 

You're in the Right Place If...

Your family may be...

  • Wondering how to parent your child now that they're becoming more independent.

  • Feeling like every conversation turns into an argument.

  • Struggling to balance guidance with your child's need for autonomy.

  • Unsure how much control to maintain as your child gets older.

  • Noticing that your family roles and routines no longer feel like they fit.

  • Realizing you and your partner need to renegotiate how you parent.

  • Preparing for your child to leave for college or begin adulthood.

  • Asking, “Who are we as a family now?”

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How We Support You 

 

Launching family therapy is Gottman- and Bowen-informed, helping families understand relationship patterns while strengthening communication and connection.

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We may explore:

  • Your child's developing identity and independence

  • Parent-child communication

  • Family boundaries and expectations

  • Parenting alignment

  • Family-of-origin and intergenerational patterns

  • Emotional reactivity and recurring family cycles

  • How parents can shift from managing to guiding

  • How couples can reconnect as their parenting role changes

  • Creating a healthier relationship with your emerging adult

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The goal isn't to keep your child from growing.

It's to help your family grow with them.

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Together, we'll work toward a family relationship where your child can become their own person while still knowing, “I belong here. I am supported here. I can come home here.”

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