Welcome to Family Strategies!
Family Strategies has guided clients through life’s challenges since 2002. With proper support, you can overcome and learn how to thrive. We are dedicated to making a difference in people’s lives and provide a positive, trusting, nonjudgemental environment. We offer individual and family counseling services in Homewood, IL as well as online.
Book With a Counselor in Training!
Book with a counselor in training for $10 a session! Family Strategies Counseling and Mediation is committed to the education and training of new counselors and therapists. We employ interns year round that offer afforable couseling to our community. When you work with a counselor in training, they work closely with a liscened therapist to bring you the best help available. Take a look at our interns that are available to book now!
Daniel Kirby
Clinical Intern
Accepting Clients, Online & In Person
Jeannette Alicea
Clinical Intern
Accepting Clients, Online & In Person
Ashlee Burks
Clinical Intern
Accepting Clients, Online & In Person
Our Services
Child & Family Counseling
Is there something you’d like to change about your family? Is there something you want to achieve that has special meaning for you? These are all possible, but sometimes the things we want the most are the most important to us can also be the most difficult to achieve. We offer counseling services for families and children in order to address concerns in a constructive and strategic way. We work with children who are experiencing behavioral issues, mental health concerns, life transitions such as divorce or separation, and traumatic event recovery.
Couples Counseling
The choice to marry is one of the most important decisions a person can make, and yet many people do not put in the effort needed to prepare for their marital relationships. There is more to a marriage than planning a wedding, which involves building skills to help fashion a happy and lasting union. Couples Counseling can be extremely benifical to the health of most relationships. Couples seek out counseling when they want to improve their relationship, or have become unhappy with their current relationship. We offer couples counseling, marriage counseling, and pre-maritcal counseling.
Individual Counseling
Sometimes the only way forward is working through some of our more personal issues. These can be related to mental health, relationships, or a career. We offer Mental Health counseling, anger maagnement, PTSD therapy, and a host of other treatment options.
Latest Articles
How to Respond to Feelings of Contempt in a Relationship
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Healing Your Inner Child: Childhood Trauma Therapy
Childhood trauma is an experience of an event by a child that is emotionally painful or distressing. Prolonged exposure to trauma results in lasting mental and physical effects. A way to overcome these effects is through childhood trauma therapy with a licensed...
EMDR for Processing Childhood Abuse
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How to Start Military Marriage Counseling
As of 2021, over half a million military families are actively serving. They make tremendous daily sacrifices to preserve our freedoms and way of life. However, many of these families struggle with their relationships and mental health. If you are in the military or...
When Someone Calls You Dramatic, It is a Subltle Sign of Gaslighting
Many people will claim they are "not looking for drama" in their relationship. They mean that they do not want to deal with someone who overreacts or causes what they perceive to be unnecessary problems in a relationship. However, some people will call you dramatic...
What is Anger Management Counseling Like?
Anger management is a process that helps you identify the stressors in your life. Then, you learn how to stay calm during stressful situations and conduct yourself constructively and positively. The purpose of anger management is not to eliminate anger but to learn to...