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Family Therapy in Chicago

Families can have a lot of love, yet lack the emotional skills and tools to express that love in a healthy way. Life circumstances can also make communication and connection with your loved ones harder, from financial stress to terminal illnesses, substance abuse, betrayal, shared trauma, grief, and more. 

In family therapy, a therapist can guide you and your loved ones as you navigate difficult topics and encourage new ways of thinking, relating, and communicating with one another. You'll have a chance to explore family dynamics and approach painful conversations with support from your therapist to help reduce dysfunctional interaction patterns and reframe harmful narratives. You'll also be able to improve parenting and partnering skills through practice in real time. 

Family therapy can also be beneficial to pursue in tandem with one member's individual therapy; it offers a safe and supportive space for the family to come together to process the person’s experience, and for the individual to hear from the group about how their condition has impacted others.

At ECC, we support families of all identities and backgrounds—blended families, divorced families, single parents, LGBTQIA+, diverse ethnicities, families navigating immigration, and more.

Whatever your reasons for seeking family therapy, ECC therapists are here to help you improve communication, resolve conflict, set boundaries, and strengthen family bonds.

We work with families to manage the following issues:

  • Divorce/separation

  • Blended families

  • Life transitions

  • Chronic medical or mental health issues

  • Adoption

  • Parenting

  • Family conflict 

  • Coping skills 

  • Substance abuse 

  • Neurodivergence 

  • Infertility

  • Financial issues

  • Grief & loss

  • Difficulty with anger and emotional regulation

At ECC, we’re committed to helping you and your family find the therapist and therapy approach to help you thrive. When you fill out our intake form, our intake team will review it and contact you to make an appointment.

We offer a multidisciplinary approach to therapy using these methods and approaches: 

Learn more about our approach to family therapy by reading our blog:

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