The J.H.C. Blog
Building Healthy Communication with Teens: Why Teens Shut Down
Building healthy communication in families often starts with understanding why teens shut down. Parenting can feel impossible when a teen withdraws or stops talking, but from their perspective, they may feel unheard, overruled, or afraid of consequences for speaking up. Creating space for teens to express concerns without immediate judgment or punishment helps rebuild trust and opens the door to meaningful connection.
Building A Stronger Family After Divorce: Rebuilding Family Trust
Rebuilding trust within a family unit is not an easy task—it requires hard work, dedication, and patience from all involved. It is a gradual process that involves understanding past hurts, repairing relational patterns, and fostering consistent, reliable interactions. In reunification family therapy, we focus on practical strategies to help two family members restore trust, improve communication, and strengthen their connection, creating a foundation for a healthier, more resilient relationship.
Reunification. Does it actually work?
Reunification therapy is a specialized form of family therapy designed to help repair and rebuild the relationship between two individuals within a family system who have become disconnected or estranged. This estrangement may occur for a variety of reasons, including—but not limited to—parental separation or divorce, prolonged conflict, emotional or physical distance, or significant life events that have led to a breakdown in communication and trust. Although reunification therapy is most commonly associated with post-divorce situations, it is applicable in many different family dynamics, such as between a parent and child, siblings, or even extended family members.