What can you expect from family therapy?
Every family is a system, and healing happens when we tend to it with care.
Families are complex, emotional ecosystems. They can be our greatest source of connection, and sometimes, our greatest source of pain. Family therapy creates space for each member to be heard, understood, and supported, while also tending to the patterns that keep the system stuck.
Miri works with families of all shapes and identities, including families with teens, adult children, blended families, LGBTQIA+ parents and kids, and families navigating neurodivergence. The work is collaborative, consent-based, and paced to build safety and trust for everyone in the room.
Therapy might involve resolving conflict, working through past ruptures, or learning how to show up for each other in more emotionally safe ways. Together, you’ll explore how each person experiences the family, and how you can begin creating something new.
Families are complex, emotional ecosystems. They can be our greatest source of connection, and sometimes, our greatest source of pain. Family therapy creates space for each member to be heard, understood, and supported, while also tending to the patterns that keep the system stuck.
Miri works with families of all shapes and identities, including families with teens, adult children, blended families, LGBTQIA+ parents and kids, and families navigating neurodivergence. The work is collaborative, consent-based, and paced to build safety and trust for everyone in the room.
Therapy might involve resolving conflict, working through past ruptures, or learning how to show up for each other in more emotionally safe ways. Together, you’ll explore how each person experiences the family, and how you can begin creating something new.
Family therapy can help with…
When one person is hurting, the whole family feels it — and healing works best when we face it together.
Family therapy is a space to pause, reflect, and reconnect. Whether you’re navigating transitions, long-standing tension, or just feeling disconnected, therapy helps clarify what’s happening beneath the surface, and how to move forward as a unit.
Common issues family therapy can support include:
- Communication breakdown or frequent conflict
- Parent/teen disconnection or shutdown
- Navigating divorce, remarriage, or blended family transitions
- Supporting a family member with ADHD, autism, or other neurodivergence
- Processing religious or cultural differences within the family
- Repairing generational wounds or relational ruptures
- Strengthening mutual respect, boundaries, and emotional safety
BENEFITS OF FAMILY THERAPY
The goal isn’t to fix anyone. It’s to understand each other more fully and move forward together.
UNDERSTANDING
Create space to hear and validate each family member’s experience, even when perspectives differ.
COOPERATION
Learn new ways to communicate, solve problems, and respond to one another with more empathy and clarity.
CONNECTION
Rebuild trust, reduce emotional distance, and create a family culture rooted in safety, flexibility, and care.
Support That Meets Your Family Where They Are
Family therapy isn’t about assigning blame — it’s about making room for honest reflection and new ways of relating. Miri will work with your family to slow things down, build emotional safety, and uncover the patterns beneath the surface. Together, you’ll learn how to move from stuckness to connection.
With family therapy, you can:
- Improve everyday communication and reduce tension
- Help teens feel seen and respected
- Support one another through change, grief, or transition
- Navigate conflict with less defensiveness
- Repair trust and increase mutual empathy
- Reconnect as a family — even if it’s been a long time
A Note on Consent and Participation
Family therapy works best when members are willing participants, not forced into the room. Miri prioritizes safety and emotional readiness in every session. If you’re considering family therapy, she’ll help ensure that everyone involved feels informed and respected throughout the process.
Ready to begin?
Whatever your family has been through, healing is possible, and it doesn’t have to happen alone. Let’s find a new way forward, together.
Work with Miri Sampson
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, LMFTA
Welcome. I’m so glad you’re here.
I’m a person-centered therapist who offers a warm, nonjudgmental space for self-discovery, healing, and growth. I work with teens, adults, couples, and families, with a special focus on sex therapy, religious harm, ADHD, and EMDR for trauma recovery.
My approach is relational, compassionate, and tailored to your unique needs. I believe in your inherent worth and will hold your story with care. Whoever you are, and wherever you are in your journey, you are welcome here.
