Family Therapy in Colorado Springs
With our family therapy in Colorado Springs, you’ll learn to communicate, rebuild trust, and support healing together. Whether you’re dealing with mental health struggles or substance use, you’ll have tools to move forward as a team.
What Is Family Therapy?
Family therapy brings key family members into counseling to improve communication, solve problems, and support recovery. Sessions focus on patterns that keep you stuck and skills that help you move forward.
What makes it work:
Who Does Family Counseling Help?
Family counseling centers help households dealing with anxiety, depression, mood changes, trauma, substance use, or stress. This includes those managing mental health challenges, substance use issues, parents needing support strategies, and partners wanting a united approach.
How Family Counseling Services Work at Drift
At Drift, you can recover through treatment plans that align with your wellness goals. We incorporate family sessions into this as needed.
Your Team
Qualified clinicians, including LCSWs, guide sessions using CBT, DBT, IFS, MI, and family-systems approaches. Care focuses on trauma healing and family dynamics tailored to your goals, allowing you to safely explore tough conversations and develop better ways of sharing feelings.
Session Format
Sessions run 50–60 minutes with the whole family, smaller groups, or individuals as needed. You’ll gain practical skills, written materials, and specific exercises for difficult situations. Each session highlights clear goals and real-world practices you can try when not in therapy.
Where Care Happens
Our facility provides private, confidential spaces where families can focus on healing without distractions. You can also choose secure telehealth sessions that let you participate from wherever feels most comfortable for your family.
What to Expect
Complete assessment with your clinician covering family history, current challenges, and goals.
Get customized goals, weekly skill practice, and regular check-ins. Plans adjust to your family’s healing.
Your family therapist works with your primary care provider, medication team, and case manager for seamless care.
Daytime and evening options available Monday through Saturday to work around your schedule.
At-home assignments and case management help telehealth families get extensive, effective treatment.
Benefits and Thoughtful Limits
Research shows family therapy activities improve symptoms and keep people in treatment longer. This works for teens, adults, and even online sessions. Benefits include:
- Calmer communication
- Better follow-through at home
- Stronger support for treatment
- Better crisis management skills
- Ways to support without enabling
- Methods for setting up healthy boundaries
Important limits: not for emergencies, requires active participation, and results vary by engagement level.
For mental health emergencies or suicidal thoughts, contact emergency services immediately.
Programs That Include Family Therapy
Family therapy is built into all our treatment programs because we know the importance of a steady support system.
Adult Mental Health Tracks
Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs include weekly family work, skill building, and care coordination. Both daytime and evening schedules are available with our mental health programs.
You’ll get structured sessions covering communication patterns, crisis management, and long-term recovery planning.
Substance Use Disorder Track
Our substance abuse counseling supports recovery, prevents relapse, and coordinates medication-assisted treatment planning when needed. We also help with detox placement.
Part of addiction therapy includes education about substance use as a disease. It dives into family roles in recovery and strategies for handling relapse.
Adolescent Programming (Ages 13–17)
Family therapy is core to teen PHP and IOP with smaller groups, parent workshops, and consistent caregiver sessions. We focus on skills, safety, and school-life balance.
Our teen programs include coordination with schools and other providers in your teen’s care. This encourages integrated care that supports individual needs.
Online Family Therapy
Meet with secure Zoom technology that connects you with therapists and medical professionals. Our online substance abuse counseling and mental health programs provide high-quality care from home.
Just as effective as in-person services, telehealth family therapy reduces barriers like travel and time away from work or school.
Why Choose Drift Behavioral Health
Recover in a conducive, safe environment. Each session is suited to your family’s situation and schedules.
Online care, transportation help, and custom case management help families get the care they need.
Receive treatment across therapy, medication, and other services, all individualized to you.
Get help if you need inpatient treatment, and receive personal planning for managing recovery after.
Insurance and Costs
Mental and behavioral health services, including therapy, are essential health benefits. We accept most major insurers as out-of-network providers and verify benefits for you. You’ll understand your coverage with our comprehensive guidance.
Getting Started
Ready to begin treatment? Our team does a quick screen, schedules your assessment, and matches your family with the right track and schedule. Contact us today to find out more or start your path to stronger bonds and stability.
FAQs
What is family therapy?
Family therapy involves counseling that helps family members improve communication, problem-solving, and support for recovery.
Who should attend sessions?
Anyone directly involved in daily support should attend. This often includes parents, partners, siblings, or trusted caregivers.
How many sessions do we need?
Many families see progress within weeks, but plans are tailored. Your clinician sets a schedule that fits your goals.
Is family therapy effective?
Studies show strategic family therapy improves engagement and symptoms when families participate in care plans.
Can we do family therapy online?
Yes. Telehealth family therapy matches the quality of in-person care for many goals.
What types are used?
We use structural, family-systems, and skills-based approaches like CBT and DBT. Experiential family therapy can also support. Each method is chosen to fit your needs.
Is it covered by insurance?
Coverage depends on your plan, which we verify for you.
Is family therapy different from couples therapy?
Yes. Our relationship addiction therapy combines family and counseling strategies to strengthen bonds across the whole system. Couples therapy focuses on you and your partner.
Is it part of PHP or IOP at Drift?
Yes. Family therapy is built into adult, teen, and substance use tracks with weekly sessions and skill practice.
Do you offer teen family therapy?
Yes. Caregivers are involved from day one in teen PHP and IOP with workshops and scheduled family sessions.
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