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Family
Therapy

Families can end up stuck when communicating and may find benefits from having an outside party moderating discussion to reach more productive outcomes.  Family therapy may help identify positives, highlighting for the group what's going right if these aspects are being missed. 

Many different relational shifts within a family system will cause someone to seek support for the family together (and/or separately) in order to work through the complicated feelings or shift in dynamics that could result from whatever is bringing up that change.

During family therapy we can work on understanding through compassion, listening to one another and showing up fully to the best of our ability.  There is safe space for all parties to bring actions/reactions and attempt to guide any shifts of perspective once everyone's concerns are seen and heard more clearly, affirming one another's presence.  As your therapist, I serve as a calm and gentle moderating presence, ideally prompting healthy and fruitful discussion.

In my role as a therapist, I make a commitment to intentionally center, affirm and honor widely differing experiences of Neurodivergent & LGBTQIA+ Individuals and their Families.  I honor the diversity of all humans, and appreciate the opportunity to witness, learn from and elevate a multitude of expressions, perspectives and lived experiences differing from my own.

Shayna Kirk, MBA, M.A.

Ph: 707.868.8050 Email: shayna.kirk@mindfulcenter.org

Registered Marriage & Family Therapist (Registration Pending)

Employed by: Center for Mindful Psychotherapy Supervised by: Lori Crowley, MA

LMFT #121471, LPCC #10892

405 East D Street, #107, Petaluma, CA 94952 

Know The History: Petaluma CA lies in Coastal Miwok (Me-Wuk) Lands

© 2026 by Shayna Kirk  Embracing Authenticity

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