Living with someone who has schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anosognosia, or severe mental illness can make everyday life feel like an insurmountable challenge. You want to help your loved one, but the constant mood swings, endless arguments, and unpredictable behaviors make it difficult to find peace and stability.

When your loved one refuses treatment, arguments usually make the problem worse.

Does this sound familiar?…

       ✓ Every conversation becomes an argument.

       ✓ You’re afraid to bring up medication.

       ✓ Your loved one insists nothing is wrong.

       ✓ Your family walks on eggshells.

       ✓ You’re exhausted.

We teach families proven communication strategies—including the LEAP Method—that rebuild trust and increase the likelihood their loved one eventually accepts treatment.

The emotional and physical toll of caregiving can leave you feeling isolated, exhausted, and hopeless. Every time you take one step forward it feels like you’re taking two steps back.

Your family’s future hinges on finding a way to communicate effectively and support your loved one in accepting their diagnosis and adhering to their treatment plan.

Without effective intervention, your family remains trapped in a cycle of conflict, stress, and instability.

Imagine a Peaceful, Predictable Life

What if you could transform your family dynamic, creating an environment of trust, understanding, and stability? Imagine your loved one accepting their diagnosis, adhering to their treatment plan, and your family enjoying peaceful, predictable days filled with meaningful connections and activities.

Families choose the Laetare Group because:

       ✓ Specialized in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anosognosia, and severe mental illness

       ✓ LEAP-informed communication strategies

       ✓ Licensed counselors serving families across Texas

       ✓ Virtual appointments available

Our counselors incorporate evidence-informed approaches to help families communicate more effectively with loved ones who resist treatment.

Transform the way you communicate.

With us you will learn:

• LEAP Method: Weekly arguments about treatment and medication compliance will be replaced with listening, empathy, and agreement. Caregivers who feel like adversaries finally become partners in mental health treatment
• Three A’s Approach: As trust is slowly rebuilt, stressful interactions around the dinner table are replaced with mutual acceptance and appreciation. You start to like each other again!
• Motivational Interviewing Techniques: Instead of feeling like you need to roll up your sleeves in the next decision making session about whether they will stay in your home or not you will know how to ask questions that find common ground. You will go through conversations with greater ease as you keep the peace!
• Communication Strategies: New ways of communicating turns your advocacy into shared decision-making. You start feeling like a family again!

The Struggle can be Overwhelming

Does it feel like your home is filled with constant tension?

Maybe every conversation turns into an argument. Your loved one insists nothing is wrong, while you desperately try to help. You find yourself walking on eggshells, wondering what might trigger the next conflict.

Have you reached the point where you’re emotionally exhausted?

You may feel anxious every day, questioning every decision you make. You’ve tried reasoning, pleading, setting boundaries, and staying silent—yet nothing seems to help. It’s easy to feel guilty, frustrated, and alone.

Has your world started getting smaller?

Many families gradually withdraw from friends, church, and social activities because it’s simply too hard to explain what’s happening at home. The isolation grows, and it can begin to feel like no one truly understands what your family is facing.

You don’t have to carry this burden alone. There is a better way forward.

A Proven Path to Peace

We help families communicate more effectively with their loved one so they are more likely to accepts their diagnosis and stick to their medical treatment plan. By building relationships of trust, it can lead to acceptance of treatment and medication compliance, resulting in more peaceful and predictable daily lives.

Let’s talk about your family’s situation.

During your free 15-minute Keep the Peace Call we’ll listen to what’s happening, answer your questions, and help you determine whether we’re the right fit.