About us

Each member of the Transitioning Families team has extensive experience working with a variety of challenging families. Together we share the ultimate goal of assisting families in transitioning from crisis, challenge or conflict to connection and growth. The diversity of our experience has led us to the assumption that although traditional therapeutic techniques have a place, there are other psycho-educational and experiential methods that help families grow and thrive. The team members have strong psychodynamic therapy backgrounds which they use in a more direct psycho-educational, even didactic approach.

What we do:

Reunification counseling is a therapeutic process designed to introduce, re-introduce or reinforce the bond between family members. The goal of Reunification Counseling is to assist the family structure from within the family. This means strengthening existing familial relationship or assisting in connections to promote and support the development of compassion and communication skills.

Who we serve:

Families alienated or distanced from each other by the challenges posed by extreme situations. Some of the possible scenarios include but are not limited to:

• High conflict divorce
• Casualties of man made or natural disasters
• Family and non-familial abductions
• Survivors of violent crime
• Military families
• Post rehabilition (addiction) treatment
• Victims of crime
• Victims of exploitation
• Families desiring a new level of connection

How we do it:

Because of the case specific nature of the intervention each family will have a different treatment plan. But all members will be asked to participate. In some situations this may include extended family members. The team takes a multi-faceted approach, which incorporates a combination of individual, dyad and family processing.