Family Therapy

Family Therapy & Family Counseling in Newport Beach

When conflict, distance or a major change is straining your family, therapy gives everyone a place to be heard. We help families navigate divorce, blended family stress, parenting disagreements and a struggling child, and build healthier ways of relating at home.

In person at our Newport Beach office, serving Irvine, Costa Mesa and Orange County, or by telehealth anywhere in California.

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Prefer to talk? Call (714) 497-3008

Family therapy room with a sofa and oak coffee table at Forbes Individual and Family Therapy in Newport Beach

What It Will Feel Like at Forbes Individual & Family Therapy

  • Structured but emotionally safe

  • Facilitated with clarity and steadiness

  • Focused on communication and underlying roles

Family sessions feel:

  • Who tends to withdraw?

  • Who escalates?

  • What unspoken rules shape your family culture?

We explore:

We help families move from blame to shared understanding.

What Family Therapy Is Used to Treat

Family therapy may help with:

  • Parent-child conflict

  • Behavioral struggles

  • Divorce or blended family adjustments

  • Communication breakdown

  • Sibling rivalry

  • Mental health concerns impacting the family system

  • Launching young adults

We help shift rigid patterns into more flexible, connected ones.

How Long Family Therapy Typically Lasts

Family therapy may be shorter-term (3–6 months) for focused issues, or longer when patterns are deeply rooted.

Weekly sessions are typically recommended at the start.

Why Forbes Individual & Family Therapy

We are trained systemically. We understand families as emotional units—not isolated individuals.

Our clinicians are skilled at:

  • Holding multiple perspectives

  • Reducing defensiveness

  • Building collaborative solutions

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Getting Started

If your family feels stuck, reactive, or disconnected—there is a way forward.

Contact us to begin the conversation.

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