At Wild Ember Psychiatry & Therapy, we recognize that families play an essential role in an individual’s mental health and overall wellbeing. While our services are focused on the individual client, we value appropriate family involvement as part of a collaborative, supportive care process.

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We do not provide family therapy. Instead, family involvement may be included when clinically appropriate to support understanding, communication, and continuity of care. The level and nature of family participation are guided by the client’s needs, developmental stage, consent, and treatment goals.

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How Families Are Supported

 

Family support may include:

 

• Education about diagnoses, symptoms, and treatment approaches

• Guidance on how to support a child, adolescent, or adult family member outside of sessions

• Coordination and communication when appropriate and permitted

• Collaboration around school, medical, or therapeutic supports

 

Our approach emphasizes clarity, boundaries, and shared understanding—helping families feel informed and supported without placing them in a therapeutic role.

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Respecting Roles and Boundaries

 

Care at Wild Ember is structured to ensure:

 

• The client remains the primary focus of treatment

• Family involvement is purposeful and clinically appropriate

• Privacy, consent, and ethical standards are upheld

• Services remain within the scope of psychiatric and individual therapeutic care

 

When family therapy is indicated, we are happy to assist with referrals to trusted community partners.

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A Collaborative Approach

 

Mental health care is most effective when families, providers, and support systems work together thoughtfully. We strive to create space for collaboration while maintaining clear roles and expectations, allowing care to remain grounded, respectful, and effective over time.

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Collaborative Care & Family Dynamics

 

Wild Ember Psychiatry & Therapy is not a court-mandated or forensic practice. We do not provide services related to custody evaluations, reunification therapy, parental fitness assessments, or court-ordered treatment.

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We are also not able to work with families involved in active high-conflict divorce or custody disputes, including situations where treatment is being sought primarily to support legal proceedings, influence custody outcomes, or resolve parental conflict.

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We are happy to work with families across a variety of co-parenting and family structures. Our role is to support the individual client’s mental health within a collaborative and respectful framework.

 

If at any point family dynamics become high conflict, or the practice is placed in the middle of parental disagreements, legal matters, or custody-related concerns, we will pause services and assist with referral to providers or services better suited to that level of family or legal involvement. This ensures care remains ethical, clinically appropriate, and focused on the wellbeing of the client.

 

Our services are designed to support individual mental health care in a therapeutic, collaborative environment. When family dynamics are highly conflicted or legally driven, this can interfere with the therapeutic process and is not aligned with the scope or purpose of our practice.

 

When appropriate, we are happy to assist with referrals to providers or services better suited to court-involved or high-conflict family situations.

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