ServicesFamily Therapy
Family therapy supports healthier attachment, boundaries, and collaboration across family systems.
What family therapy can help with
Family therapy supports families who want less reactivity and more connection at home. It can help parents, caregivers, children, teens, and adult family members understand the patterns that keep conflict or distance going.
- Parenting stress, family conflict, attachment concerns, and communication breakdowns.
- Reunification work, transitions, sibling conflict, and boundary challenges.
- Helping family members feel heard while building more consistent follow-through.
What sessions may look like
Family therapy often focuses on slowing interactions down so each person can understand the pattern instead of reacting automatically. Sessions may include coaching, communication practice, parenting support, and planning for what happens between appointments.
- Clarify the family cycle and what each person needs when conflict escalates.
- Practice calmer conversations, clearer boundaries, and repair after disconnection.
- Create realistic home-based steps that support consistency and connection.
Family therapy activities and connection tools
Family therapy is not just conversation — it often includes structured activities that help family members practice new ways of interacting. Family therapy activities might include communication exercises, check-ins, collaborative problem-solving, and connection tools that families can continue using at home between sessions.
- Practice family connection activities that build trust and repair disconnection.
- Use structured communication tools to reduce reactivity and improve understanding.
- Create home-based routines that reinforce what is being built in sessions.
Co-parenting therapy and support
Co-parenting therapy supports separated or divorced parents in reducing conflict, improving communication, and creating a more stable environment for their children. It focuses on the parenting relationship rather than the personal one — helping parents work together effectively even when the partnership has ended.
- Create communication agreements that reduce conflict and confusion between households.
- Support children through transitions with more consistency and clarity.
- Build a functional co-parenting relationship independent of the personal history.
Social-emotional learning and support for kids and teens
Family therapy often addresses the social and emotional needs of children and teens directly. Social-emotional learning activities in a therapeutic context can help kids understand their emotions, develop empathy, practice self-regulation, and navigate peer relationships. Therapy activities for teens can include communication skills, boundary-setting, and tools for managing anxiety, ADHD, or behavioral challenges.
- Support social-emotional learning with age-appropriate therapeutic activities.
- Help kids and teens build emotional regulation, communication, and self-awareness.
- Provide therapy activities for teens navigating anxiety, ADHD, or social challenges.
Family therapy approaches used at Mountain Family Therapy align with evidence recognized by professional mental health organizations. The American Psychological Association publishes APA resources on family and caregiving, The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy provides a AAMFT — what is marriage and family therapy?.
Looking for between-session support? Our free family therapy activities and tools is a free, private starting point — no account or signup required.
Pricing
Intake sessions are $195. Standard sessions are $165.
Family intake sessions are $195 for the first appointment.
Ongoing family therapy sessions are $165 per standard session.
Insurance is not accepted for family therapy. Sessions are self-pay.