Silicon Valley Therapy
Children & Family Therapy
Strengthen your family bond, improve communication, and create a more connected, harmonious home. Serving Los Gatos, California, and surrounding areas.
Real people. Real solutions. Real results.
Build a stronger connection
Create a closer, more connected family unit where each member feels understood.
Improve communication
Communicate more effectively and address challenges together without frustration.
Process difficult emotions
Process emotions in a healthy way where everyone feels heard and supported.
Being a child is challenging
As a parent, it’s completely natural to struggle when trying to connect with your child. The pressures of school, friendships, and the emotional rollercoaster of growing up can leave them feeling misunderstood or withdrawn. This often leads to frustration, miscommunication, and a sense of distance within the family. But you don’t have to navigate these challenges alone.
Children & family therapy helps you rebuild a stronger, more supportive connection.
Children & Family Therapy | Los Gatos, San José, California
What is Children & Family Therapy?
Children & Family Therapy provides a supportive space for your family to come together and address the challenges you’re facing. If you’ve noticed your child struggling with behavior or emotions or if conflicts within the family have become the norm, therapy offers a way to bring everyone back together.
Family therapy is also especially helpful for families navigating major life changes, like a divorce or remarriage, which can disrupt the family dynamic and leave some members feeling misunderstood or disconnected. Whether it’s learning to blend two families or adjusting to new parental roles, therapy helps ease the transition, allowing family members to express their feelings and learn to coexist peacefully.
Through guided sessions, we’ll work on strengthening your family’s bond by improving communication and creating a space where everyone feels heard. Therapy helps each family member develop a deeper understanding of themselves and others, making it easier to work through conflicts and emotional struggles as a team. This is a safe space where everyone—parents, children, and siblings—can feel valued and supported as you work together toward a healthier, more connected family life.
Children & Family Therapy | Los Gatos, San José, California
Are You Experiencing Any Of The Following Challenges In Your Family?
Family Communication Struggles
Do conversations in your home often end in frustration, with people talking past each other or shutting down? It can be exhausting when you feel like no one is truly listening. Family therapy helps improve communication by creating a space where each family member feels heard and understood. You’ll learn how to express yourselves more clearly and listen with empathy, which can make a world of difference in how you connect with one another.
Conflict Between Family Members
If arguments and tension have become part of your family’s daily routine, it can feel like you’re constantly walking on eggshells. These conflicts can take a toll on everyone’s emotional well-being. Therapy helps you address these issues in a healthy and respectful way, teaching you how to manage disagreements without them escalating into full-blown fights. It’s about learning to resolve problems with kindness, respect, and understanding.
Emotional Distance
Does it feel like your family has grown apart, with everyone living in their own bubble? Emotional distance can leave family members feeling disconnected and lonely, even while living under the same roof. Therapy can help you rebuild those lost connections, bringing warmth, trust, and understanding back into your relationships. It’s about finding ways to reconnect and feel close to each other again, even when life gets busy or stressful.
Struggles With Parenting
Parenting can feel overwhelming, especially when it seems like your child just doesn’t understand where you’re coming from—or when you feel misunderstood as a parent. Whether it’s behavioral issues or different parenting styles between partners, children & family therapy helps bridge the gap. Together, we’ll work on aligning your approach so you can parent as a team, giving your child the guidance and support they need.
Emotional Stress in Children or Teens
If your child or teen is struggling with anxiety, depression, or other emotional challenges, it can be heartbreaking as a parent to see them suffer and not know how to help. Children & family therapy provides a safe space for everyone to come together and work through these feelings. We help families better understand what their child is going through and offer support as they navigate these tough times together, building empathy and resilience along the way.
Adjusting to Life Changes
Major life transitions, like divorce, remarriage, or a move, can shake up a family's stability. These changes can leave family members feeling unsettled, hesitant, or even resentful. Therapy helps your family process these transitions in a healthy way, allowing everyone to express their feelings and adjust to the new dynamic. It’s about moving forward together with a greater understanding and a shared sense of stability.
If you’re facing these challenges, talking to a licensed therapist can make a real difference. Visit us for in-person children & family therapy in Los Gatos or online in San Jose, Campbell, or anywhere across California.
Children & Family Therapy | Los Gatos, San José, California
Approaches We Use In Children & Family Therapy
Every family is unique, which is why we offer a variety of therapy approaches to meet your family’s specific needs. Whether you’re looking to improve communication, address emotional challenges, or rebuild connections within your family, we’ll provide the right tools and support to help your family grow stronger and more connected.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS views the mind as made up of different “parts” or sub-personalities, each with its own thoughts and feelings. By working with these parts, IFS helps you resolve inner conflicts, heal past wounds, and develop a more compassionate relationship with yourself and your family.
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
EFT helps you better understand and process your emotions to improve your relationships and emotional well-being. By exploring the core feelings that drive your reactions, EFT helps you strengthen your emotional connection to yourself and your family members.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Attachment-based therapy focuses on how your early relationships shape your emotional patterns and connections with others. By exploring these attachments, this approach helps you heal old wounds, build stronger bonds, and create healthier, more secure family relationships.
1-on-1 Therapy Sessions With Families
In some cases, individual sessions with family members are beneficial to address personal concerns or emotions that may be affecting the family dynamic. These 1-on-1 sessions provide a safe space for each person to explore their feelings, gain self-awareness, and work on personal growth, all while contributing to the overall healing and strengthening of the family unit.
Founder, CEO | MA, LMFT
ABOUT SILICON VALLEY THERAPY & MARRIAGE COUNSELING SERVICES INC
Why Work With Silicon Valley Therapy
At Silicon Valley Therapy, we believe that life is about progress, not perfection.
When the demands on your time and energy are constant, the pressure to make it look like everything is ok can lead to burnout, stress, and a disconnection from your own needs.
The speed of life, coupled with the pressure to succeed, makes it easy to lose touch with what truly matters—leaving you feeling overwhelmed, hurting, and unfulfilled. Trying to “think” your way out of your pain is a short-term solution for a situation that requires deeper emotional understanding and support.
With over 28 years of combined experience, our team is dedicated to providing results-driven, client-centered, and compassionate care. We work with you to achieve a deeper understanding of yourself, identify and change patterns that lead to unwanted outcomes, and help you reach your goals in all areas of life.
We help you slow down, reflect, and reconnect with what truly matters on your path to loving the life your living.
Our therapy is
Client-Centered
We listen, understand, and help you achieve your specific goals—together.
Compassionate
We provide a compassionate and safe space to share the words you’ve only thought in your head.
Results-Driven
We help you make real progress in healing the parts of you that are keeping you from fully living.
Meet Our Team
Meet Our Child & Family Therapists
We are your Marriage and Family Therapists in Los Gatos, San Jose, and Campbell who are dedicated to helping you build stronger relationships, find personal growth, and create the change you want to see.
Our Approach
How Children & Family Therapy Works
You deserve more than a one-size-fits-all approach to your family’s well-being. Our children & family therapy process is personalized to meet your family’s unique needs, ensuring every member feels supported and understood.
We understand your story
We begin by meeting with your whole family to get a complete picture of your relationships and the challenges you’re facing. From there, we’ll determine if it’s best to continue as a group or include individual sessions with family members to address specific concerns.
We identify your needs
Together, we’ll work with you to define your family’s goals—whether that’s improving communication, resolving conflicts, or building stronger emotional connections. We’ll then create a plan that focuses on what matters most to your family’s health and happiness.
We help you process and heal
Each session is designed to bring your family closer and strengthen your bond. Using proven therapeutic techniques like Emotion-Focused Therapy and Internal Family Systems, we’ll guide you through practical tools for communication, emotional awareness, and rebuilding trust within your family.
Children & Family Therapy | Los Gatos, San José, California
Questions About Children & Family Therapy
How long does family therapy take?
The length of family therapy varies depending on your family’s specific needs. Some families see improvement after just a few sessions, while others may take longer to work through more complex issues. Your therapist will check in regularly to ensure everyone is making progress and feeling supported and will adjust the plan as needed.
Do you provide court-ordered therapy?
We do not provide therapy to clients who have a court order. Our focus is on creating a safe, supportive environment where families and individuals voluntarily seek help to improve communication, process emotions, and heal relationships. Court-ordered therapy often comes with specific legal requirements that may not align with our approach to providing personalized, voluntary care for families. If you are looking for court-ordered therapy, we recommend finding a therapist specializing in those services.
Can I bring just one of my children to therapy?
Yes, therapy can be tailored to your family’s unique situation. Sometimes, one-on-one sessions with a child are helpful to address specific concerns they may be facing. However, family therapy is most effective when everyone involved has a chance to participate, as it helps improve communication and resolve issues from all sides.
How can therapy help with parenting conflicts?
Parenting can be stressful, especially when you and your partner take different approaches. Family therapy helps parents work through those disagreements, find common ground, and create a more consistent and united parenting style. This not only reduces tension between parents but also creates a more stable environment for your child.
What if my child doesn’t want to participate in therapy?
It’s common for kids or teens to feel hesitant about therapy at first. We take time to build trust with them and ensure they feel comfortable in the process. Often, just a few sessions can help ease their concerns as they begin to see therapy as a safe space where they can express their feelings openly. We also work with you to find the best way to introduce the idea of therapy to your child.
Children & Family Therapy | Los Gatos, San José, California
What Progress Can Look Like In Children & Family Therapy
As you continue with family therapy, you may start to notice meaningful changes in how your family communicates and connects. Here are some of the positive outcomes you can experience:
- A stronger, more connected family bond
- Improved communication and conflict resolution
- Greater self-awareness and emotional understanding
- A restoration of normalcy and harmony in your home
- Healthier boundaries and mutual respect
- More confidence in your parenting skills
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Get Started With Silicon Valley Therapy
Start with a free consultation! You can book a free consultation online using the button below. Questions? Prefer to be booked in? Call, text, or send us a message using the contact form. We will be in touch.
- Call/Text: 408-990-2827
- 16615 Lark Ave # 100, Los Gatos, CA 95032, United States
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