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Family therapy is a form of psychotherapy that treats the family as an interconnected system rather than a collection of separate individuals. Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs) are uniquely trained in systems theory — the understanding that each family member's behavior influences and is influenced by everyone else in the family. Rather than identifying one person as "the problem," family therapy looks at patterns, roles, and dynamics that have formed over time, often across generations.
Sessions bring together some or all family members to address the relational patterns that are creating pain or dysfunction. The therapist acts as a skilled, neutral guide — helping family members hear one another more clearly, understand where cycles of conflict began, and develop new ways of communicating and relating. Family therapy is distinct from individual therapy in that the relationship itself, and the system of relationships, is the focus of treatment.
Family therapy is effective for a wide range of challenges — from day-to-day communication breakdowns to major crises like addiction, grief, or mental illness in a family member. MFTs who specialize in family systems bring evidence-based tools and genuine expertise in the complexity of family life at every stage.
MFTs use a range of evidence-based modalities tailored to each family's unique structure, culture, and presenting concerns.
Developed by Salvador Minuchin, this approach maps the family's invisible organizational structure — hierarchies, boundaries, and subsystems — and works to reshape dysfunctional patterns. Therapists use techniques like "joining" the family system and enactments to observe and shift how members relate in real time. Particularly effective for families with adolescents, single-parent households, and enmeshment or disengagement issues.
Murray Bowen's theory emphasizes that emotional patterns are transmitted across generations. Therapists use genograms (family maps) to trace multigenerational patterns of anxiety, cutoffs, and triangulation. The goal is increasing differentiation — the ability to be close to family while remaining emotionally grounded and individual. Powerful for families with entrenched intergenerational conflict or emotional fusion.
Rooted in the work of Jay Haley and the Mental Research Institute, strategic therapy focuses on interrupting problematic sequences of behavior through targeted interventions. Therapists identify the repeating patterns around a symptom and design specific tasks or paradoxical directives to disrupt them. This approach is typically brief, pragmatic, and highly goal-directed — making it well-suited to families seeking concrete change.
Developed by Michael White and David Epston, narrative therapy helps families identify the dominant stories they tell about themselves — stories that often center around problems and deficits — and reauthor those stories to reflect strength, resilience, and possibility. Therapists use externalizing conversations to separate people from their problems, reducing blame and opening space for collaborative problem-solving.
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LMFT, PhD · 17 Years Experience
San Antonio, TX · In-Person & Telehealth
Dr. Reyes specializes in Structural Family Therapy with bilingual (English/Spanish) services. She works extensively with multigenerational Latino families navigating cultural expectations, immigration stress, and parent-adolescent conflict. Her strengths-based approach honors both family tradition and individual growth.
Insurance: Aetna, Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid (TX)
LMFT · 12 Years Experience
Chicago, IL · In-Person & Telehealth
Kevin uses a Bowenian framework to help families understand how anxiety and unresolved conflict travel across generations. He has particular expertise supporting families affected by addiction — helping members establish clear boundaries, reduce enabling, and rebuild trust. He also works with blended families navigating step-parent dynamics.
Insurance: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, Out-of-Network Superbills
LMFT, MA · 9 Years Experience
Minneapolis, MN · Telehealth Only
Amara brings narrative and attachment-based approaches to family work, helping families who are navigating grief, major transitions, and estrangement. She has deep experience with family reunification after estrangement and with families who have experienced a member's serious mental illness. She creates a compassionate, non-blaming space for all members to be heard.
Insurance: United Healthcare, PreferredOne, Self-Pay
LMFT · 15 Years Experience
Los Angeles, CA · In-Person & Telehealth
Thomas works with Korean American and Asian American families managing the tension between first- and second-generation values, academic pressure, and communication styles rooted in different cultural frameworks. He integrates structural and strategic approaches with culturally grounded interventions developed over a decade of work in community mental health.
Insurance: Anthem, Kaiser Permanente, Out-of-Network
LMFT, EdD · 20 Years Experience
Atlanta, GA · In-Person & Telehealth
Dr. Collins specializes in co-parenting support and post-divorce family rebuilding. With two decades of experience, she helps separated and divorced parents develop functional co-parenting relationships that center children's wellbeing. She also works with blended families navigating new step-parent and sibling dynamics after remarriage.
Insurance: Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Self-Pay
LMFT · 8 Years Experience
Phoenix, AZ · In-Person & Telehealth
Rafael works with families in transition — including those adjusting to new household configurations, adoptions, and foster care placements. His narrative and strengths-based approach helps families rewrite problem-saturated stories and discover their collective resilience. He is a certified trauma-informed practitioner who works frequently with families affected by trauma histories.
Insurance: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Mercy Care (AHCCCS), Self-Pay
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