Family Therapy

Family Therapy

Family therapy is a treatment designed to advise family members on how to address conflict that specifically impacts family members' mental health and daily functioning. The therapist acts as a facilitator while facilitating effective communication skills and setting appropriate boundaries among family members regarding family values, rules, and expectations to build stronger relationships that manage or resolve conflict. The ultimate goal is to improve family cohesion, which employs positive change within the family structure.   

“To enable a child is done unto them a disservice.”

-Dr. Angela M. Jackson

Testimonials

I have been seeing Angela for a little over two years. I was referred to her by a friend who also sees Angela for therapy. I started seeing Angela because I needed help with my anxiety and a troubled co-parenting relationship with my son’s father. Angela continues to help me work through my anxiety and what triggers me. She has also helped me work through the best ways to co-parent with a high-conflict ex-husband. Angela is compassionate and caring and tells you like it is, which is one of the many things I love about her. I know that when we have our sessions, she will help me work through whatever issue I’m having but isn’t afraid to tell me when I’m acting out of line and encourages me to be the best woman, mother, and wife I can be. Angela has also started seeing my 12-year-old son. He also struggles with anxiety and a fear of letting the people close to him down. She helps him understand why his anxiety affects him the way that it does and allows him to work through being a “pre-adolescent boy” with divorced parents. Just in the year that Angela has been my son’s therapist, I have noticed a significant difference in how he communicates and his overall being. He is much happier, and I can tell there’s a massive weight off of his shoulders because he has someone outside his family who is there for him when he is too nervous about speaking to family members about what’s bothering him. So, I couldn’t be more pleased with the work and care that Angela has given us. She is truly an amazing person.

Doctor Angela Jackson is a strong, independent, one-of-a-kind, amazing woman. I started to see Dr. Jackson fresh out of my parent’s divorce. In the beginning, I was not ready to accept my feelings at that point in my life. She told me that even though I was not ready when I was ready, her doors would always be open to me so that she could help me deal and prosper. I never feel like I am in therapy when I get to talk with Angela. She is always helping me without the awkwardness of being too professional. Dr. Jackson is all about ‘’keeping it real,’’ so I never feel like she is checking off a list during our sessions. Dr. Angela Jackson is the woman you want to trust and help you embrace who you really are and why you are who you are.
My time with Dr. Jackson has been fantastic. She has given me the “fundamental tools” I need to help deal with the anxiety overweighing my life. She has given me the necessary tools to better “communicate with my parents” and the people around me. I struggle with that. Having someone guide me in a “positive direction” to help me in my personal and professional relationships is very helpful. I’ve been with her for two and a half years, and I can see a “change in how I think” and do things. I used to feel very negatively about many things, but she’s helped me become more “comfortable in my skin.” I’ve been very blessed to have her in my life, and I hope you have the chance to share this same experience.
Ms. Angela is really cool! She has guided and helped me with many things in my life, and I see her as a dear friend. Ms. Angela has helped me with my anger a lot. She’s taught me coping skills like writing down my feelings and focusing on the deep breathing that calms and helps me “control my anger.” Now, I can “communicate better with my mother” because I listen rather than argue, and my “mom says she adores me and appreciates me for this.
Dr. Angela Jackson will always be the woman who helped pull me from the pits of hell so that I too can pull others from the same place. I am eternally grateful for the “divine appointment” of having her in my life. I’ve been a client of Angela’s going on four years. I came to Angela after a twenty-year marriage with two high schoolers, having to “start my life over” from scratch at 50 years old as a “single mother.” Over the last four years, with her help, “I’ve found myself again,” the wonderful happy, loving person I’ve always been but lost over the years. She has led me down the journey of self-discovery as far as how to do the inner work to find out why I feel the way I do, how I treat myself, and mostly learn, accept, show, and “love all of myself.” I feel fantastic and couldn’t have done it without her spirit-based approach. She shares a vast amount of knowledge in our sessions. Yet is no-nonsense. Angela asked me the tough questions to help me think and process tough decisions and life changes I needed to embrace to get better and “build an amazing new life.” Now my college daughter goes to her as well. We can’t get enough of our Angela!
I have been seeing Dr. Angela Jackson for over two years now, and she has taught me so much when it comes to “dealing with trauma,” such as new coping styles to help me manage my anxiety and help me understand what it is I’m going through to get a better understanding of how to change the things I want to change. She also helps me learn different ways to “build my self-esteem” and be a “better parent to my children.