Family COunselling

The Family Enhancement Centre offers trusted family counselling services from its offices in Brampton, Mississauga, St. Catharines & Orangeville.

Although these sessions can be lively, it is a great opportunity for everyone to be heard and for positive relational patterns and dynamics between members to be identified and expanded upon. Don’t be afraid! There is power in numbers and generally everyone wants to be happy in the end.

Benefits of Family COunselling

There are many benefits that can be achieved if a family decides to obtain counselling services. A therapist can support members of the family in learning strategies to manage stress and anxiety, strengthen communication, address conflict and work towards developing positive, healthy and functional family dynamics.

At the Family Enhancement Centre, we realize that families can take many shapes, forms and sizes.

Parents with their biological children
Adults with adopted children
Parents with step children
Adults with foster children
Adult children and their minor children living with their parents
Parents or in-laws living with their adult children
Adult children and their spouses

And all different kinds of families can suffer through some "growing pains" before life becomes happy for everyone again.

what topics can family counselling cover?

The purpose of family counselling is to restore family unity and connection. No matter the issue, one of the main goals is to provide tools and techniques for the family to incorporate into their lives for harmonious living.

Below are just some topics that family counselling can assist with:

Sibling Rivalry
Complex Family Structures (e.g. Blended, Joint, Polyamorous, LGBTQ+)
Co-Parenting after Divorce/Separation
Caregiving for Aging Parents
Conflicting Parenting Styles
Multigenerational Family Dynamics
Parent-Child Attachment Issues
Immigrant Family Challenges
Navigating Mixed-Cultural Marriages
Family Expectations vs Personal Aspirations

Avenues for assisting and reuniting families

Family Counselling is a very important part of the process of blending families together. It is amazing when two people with their own values, perspectives and goals can come together without any issues. However, when you add parenting philosophies and approaches as well as multiple little personalities of any children involved, it is a downright miracle if there isn’t some kind of problem!

It is best for the "grown ups" to be seen on their own so that they can discuss any differences and create a united front to help ease the adjustment for the children and we find these conversations are better without the children present.

Discussions on anything from bedtimes to chores and from discipline to dating – these are all things that will come up and it’s better to be prepared with the answers before the kids start asking the questions!