Family Therapy

Healing Families From The Inside Out

Family therapy offers a chance to break cycles, restore connection, and move through conflict together. Michael Rosner helps families understand one another more deeply and function more effectively as a unit—especially in times of stress or transition.

“Families often come to therapy believing their problems are caused by the behavior of a particular family member. More times than not, what becomes apparent is that the complained of behavior is a manifestation of something not working in the family system."

Michael Rosner, LMFT

"Families don’t need to be perfect. They just need to be safe enough for their members to grow together."

Michael Rosner, LMFT

Why Families Come to Therapy

Families are complex. When one person is struggling, everyone feels it. Family therapy creates a space to address not just individual issues, but the patterns and dynamics that contribute to them. With Michael’s guidance, families learn to listen more deeply, communicate more clearly, and support one another with intention.

Families often seek therapy for:

Conflict between parents and teens
Emotional shutdown or constant arguing
Blended family or step-parenting challenges
Grief, trauma, or major transitions
Navigating a member’s mental health or addiction struggles
Disconnection or lack of healthy boundaries

Michael’s Approach to Family Therapy

Michael brings a systemic, compassionate lens to family therapy. He’s not looking for who’s at fault—he’s looking at how everyone is trying to cope, protect, or connect in the only ways they know how.

The process typically includes:

Participation of all members of the family
Identifying communication and structural patterns that create stress or disconnection, such as triangulation, alliances or unclear roles and authorities
Developing new ways of communicating and problem-solving and challenging structural imbalances
Supporting emotional regulation and empathy across generations
Learning and practicing tools to maintain structure, open communication and accountability, and to keep the family moving toward shared goals outside of the therapy room

"We look at the dance—not just the dancers. Once we understand the rhythms, we can start to change the steps."

Michael Rosner, LMFT

Flexible to Your Family’s Needs

Michael works with families in a variety of configurations:

Parents and children
Sibling groups
Co-parents and children post-separation
Grandparents or other caregivers involved in child-rearing

Sessions usually include all family members but that depends on the family’s needs and what is appropriate at a given time. The focus is always on creating insight and forward momentum for the family as a whole.

Start Restoring Connection

No matter how long things have felt off, it's not too late to begin healing. Book a free initial consultation to explore whether family therapy with Michael is the right step forward.