What It Is & How It Works
Systemic Approach: Sees the family as an interconnected system, where one person's issue affects everyone, and change in one part can help the whole.
Collaborative: Therapists work with the family, not just on them, to explore dynamics, express needs, and practice new ways of interacting.
Safe Space: Provides a structured, nonjudgmental setting for open, guided conversations that might not happen at home.
Common Goals & Issues Addressed
Improved Communication: Learning to express thoughts and needs constructively.
Conflict Resolution: Addressing arguments, resentment, or hurtful patterns.
Coping with Stressors: Managing divorce, grief, financial issues, blended family adjustments, or a family member's serious illness.
Supporting Mental Health: Helping families understand and support loved ones with mental illness or addiction.
Strengthening Bonds: Building emotional understanding and resilience.
Types of Families It Helps
Not just traditional nuclear families; it's for any family unit, including blended, chosen, adopted, extended, or even just two people in a close relationship.
Common Techniques (Examples)
Family Therapists
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David Neal, PsyD
Provides Telehealth video and In-person service
Dr. Neal is a licensed clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst who provides psychological assessments for a variety of presenting problems and works with clients diagnosed with, but not limited to anxiety, depression, dissociation, posttraumatic stress, relationship problems, personality dysfunction, and psychosis.
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Elina Kogan, MSW
Provides Telehealth video and in-person services
Elina Kogan is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Marriage and Family Counselor who provides sensorimotor psychotherapy for clients diagnosed, but not limited to Anxiety, Depression, Marital, Parenting relationship issues.
Elina offers her services in English, Russian, Hebrew, and Ukrainian. -
Miri Arie, PhD
Provides telehealth video and In-person services
Dr. Miri Arie is a licensed clinical psychologist specializes in working with adults presenting with anxiety, relational difficulties, and life transitions, offering both individual and adult group psychotherapy. She also works with children, adolescents, and parents, with a focus on anxiety, emotional regulation, attachment, and early childhood trauma. Her work is relational, evidence-based, and trauma-informed.
Dr. Arie is fluent in English and Hebrew. She can also support families who prefer to speak Russian or Hungarian but are proficient enough to understand responses in English.