Services for Families:

At PEAKPsychLA, we offer family psychotherapy with the understanding that people often report relationship stress as a main reason for seeking treatment and that relationships with our family members are some of our most influential and important. Dr. Walker sought out additional training and educational opportunities to provide family therapy due to her passion for helping families to improve their communication, reduce distress and conflict, re-establish cooperation and closeness and to increase the quality of those fundamental relationships. Dr. Walker does not focus on a "problem member" of the family, but rather assesses, engages, and bonds with the entire family to better understand their relational and communication styles, identify what behaviors and styles are more and less effective within the family, to provide each family member with coping skills, and to assist parents and siblings in being advocates in the recovery of a family member that may be experiencing significant distress. While family therapy can be challenging, Dr. Walker also believes it is incredibly rewarding and truly enjoys working with families to meet their goals for treatment.

Depending on the nature of the presenting problem(s) and the ages of the family members, the following evidence-based treatments are offered:  

1. Solution-Focused Family Therapy

2. Family Systems Therapy 

3. Family-Focused Treatment (FFT) - for adolescents with Bipolar Disorder 

4. Family Connections - for families with a member(s) who has Borderline Personality Disorder