Challenges with your family can often be a good reason to find a therapist in your community and begin to attend sessions. Sometimes, you might feel the need to seek therapy after a major family issue, such as the death of a loved one or even marriage infidelity. However, issues that may not seem as big — but that can still be significant in your life — are also worth getting help with through therapy. Even if a family-related situation seems minor, you should look for professional help if it's impeding your quality of life even to a small degree. Here are some family situations that therapy can help you with.

Communication Issues

Sometimes, there will be one family member with whom you have trouble communicating. Ideally, both of you could seek therapy — perhaps even together — to work on this issue. However, if the other person doesn't wish to get help or you're tentative to make the suggestion, you can still see a therapist. Upon describing the situation that you routinely encounter and talking about how this communication breakdown makes you feel, the therapist can work with you to develop some strategies. For example, if you feel that the person stops listening partway through a conversation, you could stop talking to allow the conversation to get refocused.

Bullying

Many people see bullying as something that happens on the schoolyard, but the reality is that adults can bully each other — even when they're family and they love one another. If you're feeling bullied by a family member, you might struggle with how to bring up the issue and rectify it. Your therapist will be an ally as you talk about what you've been dealing with, and he or she will help you to develop strategies on how you can curb this person's behavior in the future in a constructive way.

Lack Of Balance

A family dynamic can often suffer from a lack of balance. One example of this issue occurs when one or more people dominate the conversation, resulting in the rest of the group sitting silently during family gatherings. When you're among the silent group, but you wish to have your voice heard, it can be difficult to know what to do — especially if you feel as though you need to compete to join the discussion. This is another situation that therapy can help you to move through constructively so that future gatherings of your family are more balanced.

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