Family/[Multi] Partner Sessions
This modality welcomes those you name as your people into the [virtual] therapy room to enliven existing connections and create blueprints for the different dynamics you, collectively, seek to create.
With openness to holding space for the perspectives and experiences of all present, we will collaborate to facilitate effective communication, [re]define roles and responsibilities, and celebrate the resilience of a secure support network. ​​
Themes We May Explore
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Listening to and accurately interpreting each other's emotional and physical needs
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Deciding how and when to communicate about health status, needs, and limitations with new or existing partners and family members
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Respectfully expressing feelings of resentment or guilt and moving toward empathy
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Establishing equitable and sustainable caregiving roles
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Exploring intimacy, in all its' forms, while navigating disability, pain flares, low energy days, and/or sensory challenges
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Processing grief associated with lifestyle changes, loss of future plans, or altered identities due to chronic illness​
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Shifting the focus from a patient-caregiver dynamic back to a familial, platonic or [a]romantic connection