Difference In Types of Therapy
Difference In Types of Therapy
Individual Therapy, Therapy for Families & Family Therapy — What's the Difference?
At Be A Problem Solver Services, our focus is on supporting kids, teens, and families through every stage of growth and challenge. We know that every family is unique — and so are the ways they might need support.
Whether one family member needs individual care, several members need parallel support, or the whole family wants to grow together, we’re here to help.
Here are three ways we offer therapy for families:
Individual Therapy, Therapy for Families & Family Therapy — What's the Difference?
At Be A Problem Solver Services, our focus is on supporting kids, teens, and families through every stage of growth and challenge. We know that every family is unique — and so are the ways they might need support.
Whether one family member needs individual care, several members need parallel support, or the whole family wants to grow together, we’re here to help.
Here are three ways we offer therapy for families:
Individual Therapy
(One-on-One support for one family member)
Sometimes one person in the family needs focused, one-on-one support, and that’s where individual therapy comes in. Whether it’s a child, teen, or adult, individual therapy provides a safe, private space to work on personal challenges, emotional growth, and mental health goals.
When the client is a child or teen, parent involvement is an essential part of the process. Our therapists include caregivers through regular check-ins, updates, and collaborative discussions. In some cases, parents may also be invited to participate directly in sessions to support progress and strengthen the parent-child relationship.
Insurance: This type of therapy may be billed to your insurance. Please verify your coverage before the first session.
Individual Therapy
(One-on-One support for one family member)
Sometimes one person in the family needs focused, one-on-one support, and that’s where individual therapy comes in. Whether it’s a child, teen, or adult, individual therapy provides a safe, private space to work on personal challenges, emotional growth, and mental health goals.
When the client is a child or teen, parent involvement is an essential part of the process. Our therapists include caregivers through regular check-ins, updates, and collaborative discussions. In some cases, parents may also be invited to participate directly in sessions to support progress and strengthen the parent-child relationship.
Insurance: This type of therapy may be billed to your insurance. Please verify your coverage before the first session.
Therapy for Families
(Individual support within the family where one therapist assigned to each family member)
In this approach, multiple members of the same family each see their own therapist within our practice. For example, a child may work with one of our child therapists, while a parent meets with another clinician for their own support. It is important to note that while it is possible for a therapist to see multiple people in the same family system for individual therapy (i.e. one therapist seeing two siblings in separate sessions), it is more common and preferred for each person in a family system to have their own individual therapist (i.e. one therapist see one sibling, and another therapist in the practice see a different sibling).
This allows each family member to work on individual goals with a therapist who specializes in their needs, while our team collaborates behind the scenes (with consent) to provide cohesive support.
This is a great fit for families managing complex dynamics, parallel stressors, or when everyone in the home could use their own safe space.
Insurance: This type of therapy may be billed to your insurance. Please verify your coverage before the first session.
Therapy for Families
(Individual support within the family where one therapist assigned to each family member)
In this approach, multiple members of the same family each see their own therapist within our practice. For example, a child may work with one of our child therapists, while a parent meets with another clinician for their own support. It is important to note that while it is possible for a therapist to see multiple people in the same family system for individual therapy (i.e. one therapist seeing two siblings in separate sessions), it is more common and preferred for each person in a family system to have their own individual therapist (i.e. one therapist see one sibling, and another therapist in the practice see a different sibling).
This allows each family member to work on individual goals with a therapist who specializes in their needs, while our team collaborates behind the scenes (with consent) to provide cohesive support.
This is a great fit for families managing complex dynamics, parallel stressors, or when everyone in the home could use their own safe space.
Insurance: This type of therapy may be billed to your insurance. Please verify your coverage before the first session.
Family Therapy
(One therapist, one room, one unit)
Family therapy brings the whole family together to meet with one therapist at the same time. The focus is on how your family functions as a unit — improving communication, understanding patterns, and working through challenges together.
The therapist guides your family in having productive conversations, addressing conflict, and developing healthier ways of connecting and supporting each other.
This is especially helpful for families navigating shared events (like a traumatic event happening to a family) or managing ongoing conflict between siblings, or wanting to improve communication and connection.
Insurance: This type of therapy is sometimes covered by insurance, but not always and needs to be verified. This type of therapy may be recommended after an initial intake session with a caregiver where it is clear that the family unit needs to be the identified client. This is more rare though as we find that often individual therapy is recommended first, and then family therapy should be addressed later after individual skills are developed.
Family Therapy
(One therapist, one room, one unit)
Family therapy brings the whole family together to meet with one therapist at the same time. The focus is on how your family functions as a unit — improving communication, understanding patterns, and working through challenges together.
The therapist guides your family in having productive conversations, addressing conflict, and developing healthier ways of connecting and supporting each other.
This is especially helpful for families navigating shared events (like a traumatic event happening to a family) or managing ongoing conflict between siblings, or wanting to improve communication and connection.
Insurance: This type of therapy is sometimes covered by insurance, but not always and needs to be verified. This type of therapy may be recommended after an initial intake session with a caregiver where it is clear that the family unit needs to be the identified client. This is more rare though as we find that often individual therapy is recommended first, and then family therapy should be addressed later after individual skills are developed.
