Family Wellness Programs
Family Wellness Support and Resources
Every family is unique and changes over time. Access to resources that can support the wellness and perspectives of individuals in a family can establish and maintain safe, empathic, and loving family dynamics. Keystone provides customizable family wellness services for families looking to create connections that meet the needs of each unique family.
Some examples of these types of family wellness services include:
Workshops & Training based on the specific types of family needs
Ongoing Case Management of a variety of family needs & services
Connection to additional resources to support the families' wellness needs
Family support through all of the stages of life from prenatal to 99+
Adulthood & Family financial development planning support
Who should be included in family wellness therapy?
All family members may be involved in family wellness therapy if they want to participate. Family therapy can be a valuable tool for various issues and can be especially helpful with child, teen, and adult problems.
Your clinician will work with you and your family to develop the best treatment plan. Our therapists have years of experience and are trained to practice cultural humility and adapt to meet different family dynamics' needs. We provide approaches that help you recognize your strengths and explore new ways of connecting, communicating, problem-solving, and adapting to stressful times in your family life. Common goals of family therapy include learning about healthy boundaries, strengthening cohesion in the family unit, and helping family members develop problem-solving skills.
What kinds of things are involved in case management?
Keystone’s trained professionals have expertise in navigating and finding resources based on your location, insurance, budget, values, and needs. Our team comprises social workers and support specialists that will assess your and your family's needs and work with you to identify appropriate services to meet your family's specific wants. We will work with you and your schedule to help to arrange, coordinate and follow up with chosen resources. We can be the point person to evaluate and advocate for outside services.
What is Family Systems Theory?
The Bowen Family Systems Theory (BFST) was developed in the early 1960s by a Canadian psychiatrist named Dr. Murray Bowen. Bowen Family Systems Theory views the family as an emotional unit and uses systems thinking to describe its complex social system. Emphasizing the interactions between individuals and the roles they play.
The family is made up of its members, where relationships are central and where roles and rules of interaction play a crucial part in shaping relationships between relatives. Family dynamics is the study of how family members interact with one another. These interactions, as well as their roles within the family and the factors that shape their relationships, form the basis of family dynamics, which involves understanding interdependence, communication, socialization, and power among members. However, these patterns and behaviors can change greatly as children grow, become more independent, and gain skills that influence how they interact with family members.
The family is a dynamic environment constantly changing, evolving, and growing. Interactions between family members influence how each person perceives themselves and others, thus influencing their behavior and outlook on life. Close relationships are essential to our overall well-being and can be a source of great joy.
But when we depend on others for support, we are also vulnerable to stress if that support is withdrawn. Family members may rely on each other for physical, emotional, and economic support and are commonly the primary source of security or stress. All families hold helpful and unhelpful dynamics.
What influences family dynamics?
Nature of the parents’ relationship
Having an exceptionally soft or strict parent
Number of children in the family
Personalities of family members
An absent parent
The ‘mix’ of members who are living in the same household
Level and type of influence from extended family or others
A chronically sick or disabled child within the family
Events that have affected family members, such as an affair, divorce, trauma, death, unemployment, homelessness
Other issues such as family violence, abuse, alcohol or other drug use, mental health difficulties, other disability
Family values, culture, and ethnicity, including beliefs about gender roles, parenting practices, power or status of family members
Nature of attachments in the family (ie, secure, insecure)
Dynamics of previous generations (parents and grandparents families)
Broader systems- social, economic, and political, including poverty
These are some examples of common family ‘roles’:
Peacekeeper
‘Scapegoat’
Golden Child
Caretaker
Enabler
Doer
Family wellness support through all stages of life from prenatal to 99+
Human development is part of individual and family growth through the years. Training on the impact of humans' biological, social, emotional, and relationship stages can assist families in understanding what is going on with each family member and the family as a whole. Keystone provides services to support the in-depth learning of how people’s multiple roles and identities are constantly changing within the lifespan of a family. Some examples of these types of services include:
Prenatal/Childbirth/Postpartum Training
Early Childhood or Adolescent Workshops
Special Needs Populations Resources & Training
Birth & Postpartum Doula Services
Gender & Sexuality Development Training
Supporting Adults Over the Age of 60 Workshops
What are the benefits of Prenatal/Childbirth/Postpartum education?
Our pieces of training will provide educational material and exercises to develop a plan and prepare you and your family for having a baby and what to expect postpartum. You can become more confident, reduce your anxiety and be knowledgeable in pregnancy, prenatal care, and stages of labor. These pieces of training guide you in knowing your birth preferences and planning ahead on postpartum and newborn care.
Adulthood & family financial development planning support
As we move into adulthood or begin having families, there is the realization that money management skills are vital to the stability, flexibility, options and opportunities for individuals and all of the family members. Keystone offers services to talk about money, resources, and tools to build capacity and confidence with money for the needs, wants and goals of individuals & families. Some examples of these types of services include:
Workshops & Training based on the specific types of individual & family financial needs
Ongoing Case Management of a variety of individual and family needs & services that improve or stabilize financial resources
Connection to additional resources to support the individual or family's financial needs