Family Conflict

Steph Hawk-Thornehaven

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

LMFTA

Every family has its own unique language, culture, and way of being. Drawing from years of experience in residential and outpatient settings, I help families navigate challenges, improve communication, and strengthen their connections. I believe young people are the experts of their own experience, and families have inherent wisdom about what they need. Through collaborative problem-solving, we create lasting change that honors everyone's voice in the system.

Refresh Therapy

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

It's called Family Therapy—but we know that family can include any human you feel connected to. As Family Therapists we are trained to navigate the various relationships represented in the room and to assist each person in finding their voice.

Carrie Ivy (she/her)

Professional Counselor

I have a special compassion for those who have suffered familial trauma or struggled being in relationship with their families of origin. My experience in a community clinic was primarily focused on work with clients with a history of familial trauma.

Jenny Larson (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC (OR), LMHC (WA), EMDR Certified

Families can be complex. We’re taught that families should be a source of unconditional support, but what if they aren’t? It can be hard to give up hope that they’ll ever be who you need them to be. You might feel like you’ve exhausted all options and don’t know where to go from here with members of your family. You might feel guilt around the way things have worked out. Therapy can help you decide what to do with the feelings you feel and find ways to move forward that are right for you.

Ernest Likins (he/they)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

MA

◦ Parent & Adult Child Issues ◦ Adult Sibling (birth order, roles, aging parents, etc) ◦ Family Development (sexual abuse, pregnancy, infertility, abortions, etc) ◦ Life Transitions (child/sibling/parental loss, grieving process) ◦ Neurodivergence -related issues (strategies, invisibility, masking, etc) ◦ Intergenerational Traumas (forced migrations, climate chaos, assimilation) ◦ Processing Whiteness (culture loss, identity issues, belonging, reparations)

Family Ties Counseling Center

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

also LCSW, PsyD, LPC, Associate, and Intern clinicians

We our a group practice comprised of systemic therapists who believe in the power of healing through relationships. Our unique model allows for clinician collaboration to treat your whole family.

Anne-Marie Basso (she/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

Masters Degree

Family relationships are some of the most impactful. I will help you understand relationship patterns that lead to repeated mistakes, offering clarity into these dynamics, and allowing you to break unhelpful cycles. It also improves communication with partners, family, and friends, fostering deeper connection and closeness. By addressing underlying emotional needs and learning new communication skills, you can create healthier, more fulfilling relationships and resolve ongoing conflicts.

Anchor Within Counseling

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Behavioral Health Office

Addressing family conflict requires culturally sensitive approaches that consider the unique challenges and stressors faced by the individuals. The stigma surrounding mental health, especially in Black and Brown communities, can make it challenging for individuals to seek help. Family conflict is often compounded by external stressors such as economic hardship and social discrimination.

Day Adams (he/him)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

MA

Families bear all kinds of histories, as well as habits of living, communicating, and connecting. Not only this, but they must also grow and change together over time, as everyone involved is always in the process of "growing up". This can cause all manner of stuck or sore spots. Let's take the time to slow down, explore what has influenced the relationship to be the way it is and determine ways of being together through life's changes that feel more connective.

Firefly Institute

Licensed Professional Counselor

Family therapy brings all the members together for problem solving, relational repair, conflict resolution or building skills for communication and interaction. We provide family counseling with children, adolescents and for couples support.

Mitch Bacon, MA, LMFT

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

I hold a Master's Degree in Family Therapy. Operating within Family Systems Therapy is a significant piece of my practice. I will work with all parts of a family in order to move towards shift in the entire dynamic. By building awareness of our role in the family and the patterns that exist, positive changes in the ways of relating to each other can occur.

Kimberly Wilcox, Way of River Psychotherapy

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

Family therapy will focus on the whole system; concentrating on the relationships between individual family members, their roles and situations, including context, rules, boundaries and communication. Many times parenting information does not address the specific needs of your individual children and your unique family dynamic. Our sessions can help you tailor your parenting to the needs of your individual children and set you and your family on a positive road towards healing and understanding

Jessica Baker, M.A. LMFT (She/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

B.S. Health Psychology, M.A. Counseling, LMFT

Sometimes families are in conflict because they are unable to hear what another is saying or understand where they are coming from. I work with families to effectively communicate and compromise, so everyone can feel heard and valued within the family unit.

Hadi Farah (he/him)

Psychiatrist

MD

Families are fascinating. While they can be our greatest source of support, they can also trigger very intense negative feelings. When conflicts arise, many people try to cut ties, thinking it will resolve the issue. However, this often backfires, leading to even greater challenges in life. Rebuilding relationships on a calm, thoughtful basis is difficult but can bring lasting positive changes and personal growth. Addressing family conflict thoughtfully can improve your overall well-being.

Alannah Purdie (She/her)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

NPI: 1710568340

Family therapy trained.

Kate Parker-Shames (she/her/hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, LMFT

I believe that problems are best solved through the strength and assistance of family and loved ones. I believe in the resiliency of families. I believe that families can obtain skills to function differently, and to decrease problematic interactions and behaviors. People can change their lives and improve their relationships, regardless of their past, present, or future circumstances.

Lolo Halman (he/him)

Professional Counselor

M.A., Diploma of Process Work

I specialize in working with families facing conflict, aiming to build resilience and transform challenges into opportunities for growth. With an unbiased perspective, I guide families in navigating conflict, fostering unity, and recognizing when temporary separation may be necessary for intentional healing and transformation.

Yael Kievsky (she/her/ella)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

I have built my practice to focus on all things relationships: I work especially well with family reconciliation processes, breaches of trust, repairing severed relationships, and communication in families.

Laura Raynor

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

I help families move through conflict with greater understanding, compassion, and connection. Using a trauma-informed, attachment-focused approach, I support each family member in feeling heard and valued while working together to shift stuck patterns. Whether it’s parent-child tension, sibling dynamics, or broader communication struggles, I guide families in building healthier relationships rooted in trust, empathy, and shared growth.

David Hanna (he/him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

I have years of experience working successfully with the complex challenges, feelings and binds that arise inside families for children, parents, grandparents, and siblings. I am able to support multiple family members through conflicts. I provide perspective and support at those times when the family is most angry and at odds with one another.

Christa Loveland (she her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW CADC

Over the last 5 years I have provided support, therapy and resources for families in need of reunification and family therapy

Family Roots Therapy

Licensed Professional Counselor

Our family therapists have gone through specific training on working with families as a whole, not just individuals. Any changes or mental health issues in one person in a family affect the entire family. People don't exist in a vacuum! For that reason, family therapists focus on helping your entire family work through conflict around issues such as divorce, blending families, or reunification.

Caty Buckley (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

Family dynamics in the best of circumstances can be challenging but when there are external stressors, like a divorce, or someone has substance use issues, conflict can be exacerbated. I support clients using a variety of tools, including Parts Therapy (IFS), CBT, DBT, polyvagal theory to enable them to examine their role in their family, work within the family system (if safe) and to honor their own unique experience of the home and relationships within that home.

Krista Schimmelbusch

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

MA, LMFT

EFT Trained, EMDR trained and licensed and marriage family therapist

jane Newman

Licensed Professional Counselor

Each family member may be unique, but is also part of a family 'system'. A life change or transition may interrupt the family system; the therapeutic environment can help to identify the common goal and provide the setting for enhanced communication and collaboration.

Laura La Rosa (She/Her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

MA, MSW, LCSW

It can be hard to live together under the same roof much less get along. I provide family therapy that can help members find their voice to advocate for their needs, understand one another, reduce conflict and maybe even help one another like each other again. Family therapy can help you discover the uniqueness of each family member so living together feels natural again.

Julia Chapman (she/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT T1622

My therapy framework is largely psychodynamic, so I work with clients to understanding dynamics, patterns and roles they play in their family currently, as well as coping strategies they developed growing up. My experience ranges from helping clients share secrets, individuate financially, process life changes like deaths and marriages, and repair damaged relationships.

Kellie Collins, MS, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

Family conflict is incredibly stressful and hard to understand when you are wrapped up in it. Counseling can help tremendously with clarity and learning to set healthy boundaries with family members so that you can be the best version of yourself in a family unit. I work with many different types of families, but specialize in self-care for family members that deal with estrangement or boundaries.

Emily Radcliffe (She/Her)

Marriage and Family Therapist

MA, MCFT Associate

Feeling like you're just not connecting with your family? Are there past issues that have been overlooked or pushed aside? I can help bridge those gaps and process past conflict/trauma that contributes distance and misconnection. Family conflict can be challenging for all parties. I can help you examine and shift cycles, patterns and communication styles that don't serve your family, and create closer and more trusting relationships.

Anthony Marchant

Licensed Professional Counselor

Extensive experience and training in family therapy .

Sarah Hardin

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

Families are messy, glorious business, and every single one is different. Coming from a strong systemic perspective, I hold space for multiple perspectives, and will assist your family in identifying and meeting common goals, working through crisis and conflict, and finding reconnection and new intimacy. We will work to improve communication and closeness in a really compassionate, hands-on way.

Rachel Kendall (she/ her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MS, C7689

Finding the origins of behavior are helpful to changing it. In my work with families, I begin with helping them enhance their understanding of one another's frame of reference, which allows for greater empathy when working through conflict. By establishing the meaning behind certain behaviors, strategies can be implemented to better align with the values families want to abide by.

DeShawn Williams

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

Families inherently have multiple systems and sub-systems. I work with families to help them understand their unique family system, the roles each member plays, and how these roles are interdependent. I like to have families explore and discover their roles and how they are contributors to the overall system and functionality.

Susan Lehman (she/her)

Reverend

CPDT, HART, life coach

There are no fully 'functional' families, particularly families of origin. I can work with you to reduce power struggles and conflict with all family members.

Leslie Yeargers (she/her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LPC, LMFT, Certified Sex Informed Couples Counselor

Sometimes the pressures of the world can affect our family relationships. Busy parents may lose touch with their children and children may be stressed by school, peer pressure, and academic and social expectations. This can lead to conflict in the family. I strive to deeply listen to each member to understand your dynamic and shift to healthier relational patterns that foster love and connection.

Gina DeLeo (she/her)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

M.A.

I believe in meeting caregivers where they are at, and working together to create a plan for mental and emotional wellness for the whole family. I help families learn ways to increase emotional closeness and change patterns. I have experience helping families support children who are exploring their gender identity and expression.

Richard Marshall

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

M.A., LMFT

My Masters level training focused on family systems theory as used in the treatment of a wide variety of family problems. I have used this training since 2013 to help families resolve conflict and foster relational well-being.

Janean VeDova (she/her/hers)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

Trained Supervisor

I have extensive training in family systems and relationships.

Eric Nielson

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

Working with families is very close to my heart. For most of us, the family is our most fundamental unit of relationship and community. My work with families draws from Emotionally Focused Family Therapy and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, both of which are based in an attachment perspective.

Heidi Savell (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

I have experience working with many different types of families, including blended families, LGBTQ families, siblings, and parents with adult children. Divorce, substance use, mental health challenges or major life changes can impact the whole family, and I have found that coming together to address feelings and work on communication can improve relationship satisfaction, as well as give family members a sense of empowerment

Family Ties Counseling Center

Licensed Professional Counselor

When addressing family conflict, it can be helpful to get most or all family members for a session to work toward a common goal. Because each family member is impacted by family events, each member can contribute unique ideas about how to address the challenges. In your first session, your counselor will assess your particular family situation and then formulate a plan to meet the goals.

Christina Dunning (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

So often, the patterns of relating we develop in childhood persist in our adult relationships. This can be particularly apparent in our relationships with family. Counseling offers a place to explore those patterns and a space to develop and practice new ways of relating in a meaningful way as families grow and change.

Sunya Grantham

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

Much like the work I do with couple and marriage issues, I focus on the patterns of interactions that find families in explosive arguments and struggling to resolve conflict. By creating a safe space, families can learn to express uncomfortable feelings to increase their understanding of each other. I seek to provide communication tools that facilitate conflict resolution and reduce blame.

Malia Graves

Marriage and Family Therapist

T2992

Our family and upbringing have a massive impact throughout our lives and relationships. Nearly all families experience dysfunction at some point, which family therapy can help to address. I have worked with different types of families from single parents, adoption and fostering, to the traditional nuclear family.

Sprout Therapy PDX

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC, LMFT, LCSW, Associates

We are trained to consider presenting issues from a contextual family systems lens and are always considering complex intergenerational trauma and other family dynamics in our work with all clients- whether you come to therapy with your family or as an individual.