Parents usually try to do right by their children by teaching them valuable life lessons, manners, and how to manage and express their emotions in a healthy manner. Unfortunately, not everyone’s home life is quite as picturesque as they’d like. It’s important to remember that parents are only human like the rest of us and that means that, sometimes, they make mistakes that can negatively impact their children without meaning to.

Adopted people often grow up developing feelings of inadequacy, misplaced anger, self-doubt, and low self-worth. Adoption counselling can help families and their adopted children sort through these emotions, while leading emotionally stable lives.

Childhood trauma can be experienced in a number of ways. From physical and emotional abuse to neglect or witnessing a particularly distressing event, our childhood experiences shape who we become as adults as well as how we perceive ourselves and others. Everything that happens to us as children can have long-term effects on the type of life we lead or choose for ourselves.

Family dynamics inevitably influence every aspect of our lives, whether we’re aware of it or not and that’s why it’s essential to cultivate healthy family relationships as much as possible. There’s no such thing as the ideal family unit as each household has its own unique nuances; but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to achieve a cohesive familial bond with the people who are closest to you. While these relationships aren’t perfect, and none are, family therapy can address and help resolve some of the internal conflicts that may be weighing you down.