Family Studies Center - UT Southwestern

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Family Studies Center is a therapy clinic operated by UT Southwestern Medical Center that provides mental health services to individuals, couples, and families. The clinic addresses a range of concerns including child and adolescent problems, marital and partner issues, blended family challenges, multigenerational concerns, depression, anxiety, grief, stress, and medical illnesses. Their specialty is couple and family therapy, with a particular focus on medical family therapy for patients and families navigating chronic illnesses or disabilities.

The center's approach is grounded in principles of connection, relatedness, and self-determination. Their therapeutic work emphasizes strength, hope, and resiliency. The clinic operates as a training facility for graduate and post-degree interns in couples and family therapy, who provide therapy services under the supervision of experienced licensed marriage and family therapists and counselors. All therapy is conducted according to evidence-based practices in the field of family therapy.

Services include:

• Individual therapy
• Couples therapy
• Family therapy
• Medical family therapy for chronic illness and disability management
• Therapy addressing child and adolescent behavioral and emotional issues
• Treatment for depression and anxiety
• Grief and stress counseling
• Support for blended family and multigenerational concerns