Family Therapy
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Learning to Enjoy Life as a Family Again
It is a blessing for us to walk with you and your family on this journey toward recovery. You are not alone.
Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosastrongly impact family functioning. Therefore, our desire with family therapy at Selah House is not to focus blame, but to help family members understand each other and gain freedom and healing. Families become directly involved in the client’s eating disorder treatment at Selah House. Moreover, we hope to help develop some creative ways for you to grow together and learn to enjoy family life again.
Specifically, our family therapy sessions and individual client sessions help evaluate family needs, roles and processing throughout treatment, and as needed Phone or web conferences can be utilized when distance is a problem. A family therapist is involved with each client individually and also in groups throughout treatment in order to increase cohesiveness and understanding between family members.
Communication Do’s and Don’ts
Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare’s AVP of Clinical Services, Kate Fisch, LCSW, talks communication do’s and don’ts in the eating disorder world.
For example, we use intensive family-focused treatment days at the midpoint of treatment to:
- Examine family of origin relationship patterns (genogram)
- Assist families in seeing they are not the only ones on this journey
- Educate families specifically regarding eating disorders
- Examine the role of family in eating disorder recovery
- List work session (tough love/affirmation, needs/boundaries, forgiveness/reconciliation)
- Help clients, friends, and family members find hope and creative solutions
- Promote family meal/passes
Family Therapy At Selah House
Through our family therapy, those close to you can gain an understanding of your disorder. Moreover, they will learn how to support you during the process. This will ease their mind and give them the insights they deserve.
