The family is consulted on a regular basis and the school is often consulted to gain further insight and cooperation in the treatment of the child. In cases where family difficulties are impacting the child, family therapy is often helpful. Family Therapy can help all the members of the family live together with more harmony. Family therapy can restore hope and intimacy. Destructive patterns can be broken and new ways of relating can replace them.
Parenting skills can help parents meet children's needs to respect limits as well as to feel loved.
Therapy often addresses personality differences, family of origin backgrounds, spiritual resources communication patterns, unmet expectations, obstacles to achieving goals, and power struggles. Premarital Counseling allows couples who are engaged or who are considering engagement to explore their relationship with a trained professional. Couples are encouraged to discuss the strengths and weadnesses of their relationship. Dr. Cole can provide strategies for building the relationship and for resolving disagreements. Counseling focuses on the enhancement of the couple's communication and on making unconscious needs and desires more conscious.