FAQs

  • The FCA is comprised of 7 primary scales for parents, and 3 primary scales for teens/young adults. An additional scale may be added based on the clinician’s discretion. Completion time for the FCA is approximately 60-90 minutes for parents, and 45-75 minutes for teens/young adults.

    We suggest completing the scales over 2-3 sittings rather than doing them all at once.

  • The FCA provides a roadmap for addressing areas of dysfunction that are interfering with the quality of family relationships. Key aspects of focus are attachment, communication, emotional health, parental well being, and boundaries. Intergenerational patterns in family systems are also brought to light.

  • For Clinicians: You will need to purchase an FCA package(s) purchase, complete an FCA orientation tutorial, and register each participant.

    For Parent (working with a clinician): You can share your interest in the FCA with your clinician and have them contact us.

    For Parent (not working with a clinician): Contact FCA and one of our professionals will facilitate the process with your family.

    • Parents who have a struggling adolescent or young adult child

    • Families with intergenerational addiction and/or trauma

    • Parents who are desiring a healthier functioning family

    • Parents with children in residential therapeutic settings

    • Families who have hit a roadblock in family therapy

  • We want as many families as possible to benefit from the FCA and strive to keep the costs reasonable and affordable. Costs can range from $35 to $199, depending on the packages purchased. Contact us for more information.

  • After an initial orientation, the FCA is designed to be administered by any of the following professionals:

    • psychologists, professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists who work directly with their clients in a therapeutic setting

    • mental health professionals at any therapeutic residential program (wilderness therapy, RTC, psychiatric assessment facilities, therapeutic boarding schools)

    • mental health professionals working in out-patient programs (PHP, IOP, transition services)

    • parent coaches

    • educational consultants

  • From the data, your therapist can propose purposeful directions for family work that will expedite the therapeutic path to healing. Targeted areas of family functioning are identified to guide clinical intervention.

  • The data generated by the FCA will be informative for you and may be eye-opening in certain aspects. However, in order to successfully shift concerning parent-child and family dynamics identified in the FCA, we strongly encourage you to engage in individual, family, and/or couples therapy. Furthermore, if untreated addictive behaviors and/or trauma are identified as areas of concern, seeking out a trained addictions specialist or trauma-informed therapist are also encouraged.