Blended family counseling from our therapists at Thriveworks in Richmond, VA helps families who have come together through marriage work through changes, accept differences, ease tension, and form bonds. It enables parents to set boundaries and expectations around finances, parenting, and other areas. In addition, it offers all family members a safe space to voice their thoughts and feelings.
Blended family counseling will likely involve attending sessions as a group, but it might also involve individual sessions with each family member. It works by encouraging the group to share any emotions, concerns, or challenges they might be experiencing, as it relates to the family, and then offering tailored solutions.
Blended family counseling from one of our providers at Thriveworks in Richmond, VA can be short- or long-term, lasting for weeks, months, or years. The length is dependent on the family’s areas of concerns, whether they’re more immediate or they’re more complex. Together with your therapist, you can determine how long you should plan on attending therapy for best results.
Blending a Family in Richmond, VA—Counselors and Therapists
Being in a blended family is all about establishing healthy relationships, and there are a lot of relationships to establish: between siblings, parent to child and child to parent, with the ex’s, and within the couple—just to name a few. Setting up even one of those relationships is tough, but blended families are forging these connections all at the same time. Like most challenges, when blended families work through difficulty, they often find the opportunity. Blended families can be homes will deep resilience and love grow, and no one has to face the difficulties alone. Blended family counseling is often a resource and a place where new families can receive the support they need to build the family they want.
Thriveworks Richmond offers blended family therapy because we know that many challenges can hold blended families back. But we also know that those challenges can be overcome. Reach out to us today if you think you could benefit from blended family therapy and you’d like to schedule your first session.
What Do Blended Families Look Like?
There is no “correct” answer to this question, but there is also no “wrong” answer. Blended families come in every shape and every size. They are often filled with love and acceptance. They make room for imperfection, forgiveness, and second-chances. They also often make room for anyone and everyone who needs a home. Blended families can be…
- Divorced, broken-up, or separated parents who are now living in separate homes. They are both active in their parenting roles, and if they are dating or remarried, the new partner is not involved in the children’s lives.
- Remarried divorcees who both have children and will both be parenting all the children.
- A widowed parent who remarries. The new spouse does not have children, but is slowly moving into a parenting role.
- And the list can go on and on…
The US Census Bureau estimates that 1300 new blended families are formed every day and that half of the 60 million kids in the US who are 13 years-old and younger live in a blended home. Blended families, in all their beautiful diversity, are a growing population, and many are bumping up against common challenges as both the kids and the adults adjust to their new life together.
Scheduling an Appointment at Thriveworks Richmond for Blended Families
The challenges for blended families are common, but so are the solutions. Many families press through the difficulty and reap the benefits of being one, big, happy home. If you are in the process of bringing two families together, know that help is available. Thriveworks Richmond offers counseling for blended families, and we have appointments available. When you call our office, your first appointment may be within the week. We offer evening and weekend sessions, and we accept many insurance plans. Call today.
