Family Counseling

Family Counseling

Family is the institution through which we receive our first care, the foundations of our education –moral as well as formal – and is made up of the people with whom we interact for most of our lives. Our existence within a family lays the basis upon which we construct our identity, our self-perception and worldview, a foundation that leaves its imprint on our lives.

External conflicts that affect the family as a whole

There are some conflicts that families face together, as a group. These conflicts are generally external to the family group and affect the family as a whole, as well as each individual that makes up that family.

• Moving to another country and adapting to a different culture/setting

• Loss of a loved one or close family-friend

• Unemployment or economic difficulties

Conflicts that occur within a family and its members 

On the other hand, there also exist conflicts that occur within the family and between its members.

• Divorce and separations

• Behavioral and learning difficulties at school

• Children with behavioral disorders/phobias/eneuresis/encopresis

• Stepfamilies and adaptations to new family configurations

• Illnesses

• Adolescence and coping with new stages of life course

• Eating disorders

• Communicational impasses