Adult Family Therapy
For adult family members seeking greater understanding, connection, and more intentional ways of relating.
Our family relationships don't stop evolving when we become adults. As we move through different stages of life, relationships between parents and adult children, siblings, stepparents, and other family members can shift in unexpected and sometimes challenging ways.
You may love your family deeply, yet find yourselves caught in longstanding patterns of conflict, misunderstanding, or emotional distance. Perhaps a major life transition, a loss, or changing family roles has brought unresolved tensions to the surface. Or perhaps you simply wish to build more authentic, fulfilling relationships with the people who have been part of your life for so long.
Adult family therapy offers a supportive, nonjudgmental space to slow down, better understand one another's perspectives, experiences, and explore new ways of relating.
The goal is not necessarily to agree about everything or to change one another, but to foster greater understanding, compassion, and intentionality in how you move forward together.
Who I Work With
I work with adult family members in a variety of relationships and family configurations, including parents and adult children, adult siblings, stepparents and adult stepchildren, and blended or multigenerational families.
Together, we may work on:
Communication and relationship repair: Understanding recurring patterns of conflict, addressing longstanding hurts or misunderstandings, and learning to communicate with greater honesty, curiosity, and care.
Blended families and stepfamily relationships: Navigating complex family roles, boundaries, loyalty conflicts, differing expectations, and relationships between stepparents, parents, and children who are now adults.
Life transitions and changing family roles: Adjusting to major milestones such as marriage, remarriage, retirement, aging, caregiving, changes in health, or shifts in independence and family responsibilities.
Grief and loss: Processing the death of loved ones, changing family relationships, estrangement, or the grief that can accompany changes in family traditions, identities, and expectations.
Intergenerational and intercultural differences: Navigating differing values, beliefs, communication styles, cultural expectations, and ideas about family responsibilities.
Boundaries and connection: Finding ways to maintain meaningful relationships while respecting each person's individuality, autonomy, and evolving needs.
A Special Interest in Stepfamilies and Blended Families
Blending families can be a complex process, whether children are young, teenagers, or already adults. Each family member may bring different histories, attachments, hopes, and expectations into the new family structure.
Sometimes these differences are never fully discussed, and misunderstandings or hurt feelings can persist for decades. Even when everyone has the best intentions, questions about belonging, loyalty, parental roles, boundaries, and family expectations can create painful patterns of disconnection.
These dynamics can also change as family members enter new life stages, creating opportunities to revisit old assumptions and build relationships that better reflect who everyone is today.
I have a particular interest in supporting stepfamilies and blended families as they navigate these complexities, whether they are newly forming or have been together for many years.
My Approach
My approach is relational, compassionate, and collaborative. Drawing on my background in attachment-oriented therapy, solution-focused therapy, mindfulness, mediation, and conflict resolution, I help family members better understand both their own emotional experiences and the patterns that emerge between them.
With an M.A. in Conflict Resolution and experience in mediation and restorative practices, I am particularly interested in helping people navigate differences, recognize multiple perspectives, and find opportunities for meaningful repair and reconnection.
My own lived experience as part of a blended family has also deepened my appreciation for the complexity of family relationships, particularly how differently family members may experience the same transitions.
I strive to create a space where each person's experiences and needs can be acknowledged without assigning blame or taking sides. Together, we can explore not only what has been difficult in the past, but also what kind of relationship you hope to cultivate moving forward.
Practical Details
Format: Family therapy may involve two or more adult family members. Initial sessions are generally 90 minutes, with subsequent session lengths and frequency tailored to your family's needs and goals.
Location: Available primarily via telehealth throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, Nevada, and Vermont, with limited in-person availability by advance arrangement in Harvard Square, Cambridge. If family members live in different states, we can discuss whether the relevant licensing and logistical requirements allow us to work together.
Fees: See my FAQ page for current relationship and family therapy fees.
If you are considering family therapy, I invite you to reach out for a free 30-minute Zoom consultation to explore your family's situation, what you hope to change, and whether working together might be a good fit.