Family Therapy

COPE offers family therapy to support healthier relationships, improve communication, and resolve conflicts within the family unit. Our therapists work collaboratively with families to address behavioral concerns, parenting struggles, blended family dynamics, and the impact of trauma or life transitions. Sessions focus on building stronger, more connected families.

This therapy involves multiple family members in a structured, therapeutic setting. It is especially effective for families facing parenting challenges, sibling conflict, divorce-related stress, or generational trauma. Using systemic approaches such as Structural Family Therapy or Attachment-based models, clinicians help families identify patterns, shift roles, and develop healthier ways of interacting to foster connection, accountability, and healing.

How does family therapy work at COPE?

At COPE Family Support, family therapy brings you and your loved ones together in a structured, supportive space. We help you identify patterns, shift roles, and practice healthier ways of communicating.

By combining approaches like Structural Family Therapy and attachment-based models, we guide you in building stronger connections and finding solutions that last.

Family therapy works best when everyone shows up ready to listen, learn, and try new ways of interacting. And your licensed family therapist’s role is to help all members of the family feel safe and supported so that they can be open to listening, learning, and trying new ways.

Family therapy matters because challenges rarely affect just one person. The world we live in is becoming increasingly complicated, leaving many families struggling to communicate and interact in positive ways. As a result, family counseling services have become essential. You can learn new ways to work together.

Yes. Families who engage in counseling often see real improvements. That means less conflict, stronger bonds, and healthier ways of handling stress.

At COPE Family Support, our trauma-informed and culturally sensitive approach ensures you feel seen, respected, and supported every step of the way. When combined with individual therapy, parenting classes, or youth services, family therapy can create lasting change.

It’s not. At COPE, we often combine family therapy sessions with individual therapy. But here’s the thing. When one member struggles, the whole family feels it. By working together, you learn to communicate openly and resolve conflict respectfully.

You begin to support each other through life transitions. For many families, therapy is the turning point that restores balance, trust, and hope.

At COPE Family Support, we call this “Youth Services”. In this program, we provide tailored children’s therapy for older kids (10+) and teens who may be struggling with school, friendships, talking to their parents, “unexplained” anger, or family changes.

Since one family member’s challenges can affect the whole family, it’s crucial to work directly with the student in group and/or individual sessions to promote healthy problem-solving, build self-confidence, and strengthen emotional intelligence.

We use play therapy and other age-appropriate approaches to help pre-teens and teens express feelings, manage stress, and develop coping skills. When needed, we also involve parents to strengthen communication at home. Children’s therapy at COPE is designed to give young people the tools they need to succeed—while providing parents with the family resources to support them.

In family sessions, the client isn’t just one person. It’s the family system as a whole. Each member plays a role, and together you create the change. That means the therapist focuses on your relationships and how you interact, not just individual behavior.

Yes. Whether you’re facing parenting struggles, sibling conflict, divorce-related stress, or the effects of trauma, family counseling can help you find healthier ways forward. At COPE, we provide the tools, encouragement, and family support you need to grow stronger together.

In just the past year, COPE Family Support has supported the safety, well-being, and growth of nearly 3000 family members with our family counseling services. As a result, 81% of those surveyed say they have better mental health after completing a program. 92% report high satisfaction in our classes.

COPE’s licensed clinicians, registered associates and clinical trainees/interns can be called to testify (subpoenaed) in court on a variety of matters related to services provided by our agency.

Information shared in sessions is confidential and protected in accordance with applicable laws, including patient confidentiality rights and HIPAA.

And what you and your family share in sessions is confidential and protected by law. If the court requires documentation of participation (such as certificates for parenting, co-parenting, or anger management programs), we provide that.

COPE is committed to making high-quality, evidence-based parenting education accessible to all families. We accept a range of insurance plans and offer flexible payment options and sliding scale structure for most services to help ensure that cost is not a barrier to participation. Our goal is to support every parent in accessing the resources they need, regardless of financial circumstances.