Family Crisis Services

A family crisis can be the result of the turmoil created when one or more members of the family are:
- Misusing substances such as alcohol or other recreational drugs
- Abusing prescription medications
- Spending or gambling compulsively to the detriment of others and their financial well-being
- Struggling with a mental health issue such as depression, anxiety, bi-polar or other mood, thought or process disorders
- Exhibiting symptoms of cognitive decline
- Demonstrating signs of an eating disorder and/or problematic relationship with food
- Refusing to attend school or engage in other productive activities
- Participating in an abusive relationship and or affiliating with a cult association

Addressing a Family Crisis
The goal is to protect positive family connections. At O’Connor Professional Group, we take a unique approach that prioritizes evaluating concerning behaviors and strategizing the least intrusive way to manage them.
While interventions may seem like the “go-to solution,” they can often have severe and traumatic consequences for family systems. We use a range of solutions to depend on factors such as age, life stage, previous efforts, risk level, and family system disruption.
Family Crisis Services Include:
Family coaching with willing members of a family
- Situation: Parents, siblings, or other family members are interested in strategizing approaches and messaging to a loved one
- Benefit: Family has the opportunity to air concerns in a constructive format and develop a unified message
Professionally facilitated whole family meetings with specific outcome goals
- Situation: When a struggling member is willing to participate in a family solution that addresses the concerning behavior
- Benefit: Allows family to have a voice and support a struggling member in a healthy way
Professionally facilitated meetings between individual members
- Situation: Members of a family locked in conflict or a destructive dynamic
- Benefit: Members have an opportunity to listen to the other and express their perception of a conflict or pattern to arrive at a common goal or direction
Customized interventions for families facing crisis situations
- Situation: A family member is engaging in life-threatening behavior, and other family members unify to deliver a message of support with a prearranged plan
- Benefit: Addresses an issue on a rapid timetable and provides a concrete step towards recovery

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