Family Assessment

Understanding the Whole Picture

Families are complex systems. When one person struggles, the whole system often feels it. A Family Assessment offers a structured way to understand not only each family member’s individual strengths and challenges, but also how the family functions together.

A Family Assessment can help clarify what’s contributing to conflict, emotional distress, or communication difficulties. It can also identify patterns that maintain stress and highlight practical steps toward change.

What to Expect

A Family Assessment typically includes:

1. Initial Consultation: A meeting with parents or caregivers to review the family’s background, current concerns, and goals.

2. Individual Evaluations: Each family member participates in an age-appropriate assessment process that may include interviews, observations, and standardized testing.

3. Dyadic Sessions: Structured tasks and observations to explore relationships between family members, such as parent–child or sibling dynamics.

4. Family Feedback Session: Once all information is integrated, families receive a comprehensive summary and clear recommendations for improving relationships, communication, and emotional health.

Who Benefits?

A Family Assessment may be helpful when:

• Family communication has broken down or conflict feels chronic

• A child’s behavioral or emotional difficulties affect the whole family

• A family is adjusting to divorce, remarriage, or blended roles

• Parents are unsure how to best support a child with a recent diagnosis (e.g., ADHD, autism, anxiety)

• Traditional family therapy has stalled or unclear patterns persist

The Outcome

The goal is clarity and direction. Families leave with a shared understanding of what’s happening beneath the surface, and a roadmap for next steps—whether that’s therapy, parenting strategies, or changes in family structure and communication.