I sustain myself with the love of family. – Maya Angelou
The family is the most important connection that humans have with one another. Societies formed around family units and without our connection to each other and our biological instinct to protect our families, humans may not have evolved and advanced the way they have.
Every family has it’s struggles, it’s part of coexisting as a human. Ever since humanity’s earliest days in our nomadic tribes, teammates fight, companions become short with each other, and have conflict. These reactions are literally in our biological nature. A family is a beautiful entity, mothers and fathers raising children, children looking to their elders for guidance and growth, with mutual love intertwined. Nests are to eagles as families are to humans. Just like nests, family units can fall apart. Bickering can arise, anger and frustration can brew, and relationships can falter. Emotions in and throughout a relationship are very complex, even as Isaac Newton explained “every action has an equal and opposite reaction.” The same is true for families. The fabric that is a family unit will get stretched and torn and it eventually can rip apart from the individuals all pulling into different directions. If this happens, it can be overwhelming for the entire family and can feel like a huge struggle and can eventually become a family crisis.
There is no family that is without troubles, stress or conflict. Crises and struggles happen, it does not mean you’re a neglectful parent or a lousy partner. After all, perfect does not exist in an imperfect world. The key to having and keeping a successful family unit moving forward is to be able to understand and identify the needs of the individual members and balance those with the well- being of the family unit. Family therapy also known as family counseling is a unique form of therapy that can help with blending those needs. Family therapy can be useful in any family situation that causes stress, grief, anger or conflict. It can help you and your family members understand one another better and learn coping skills to bring you closer together.
At Comforts of Home Counseling, we help families who are going through stress or conflict avoid crises and manage the struggles that arise in families. If a crisis does happen, we help them recoup together as a family. Whether it be trauma, divorce, anxiety, depression, at risk teens, or any number of emotional problems that may arise within a family unit. We have professionals trained in family therapy ready to help your family improve its quality of life, not to train to be perfect, but to be and feel better.
As Maya Angelou stated how she sustained herself through the love of her family, well we can all do the same, sometimes it just takes a little more attention.