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Family Therapy
Family therapy, also referred to as couple and family therapy
and family systems therapy, is a branch of psychotherapy related to relationship counseling that works with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. It tends to view these in terms of the systems of interaction between family members. It emphasizes family relationships as an important factor in psychological health.
As such, family problems have been seen to arise as an emergent property of systemic interactions, rather than to be blamed on individual members. Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs)
are the most specifically trained in this type of psychotherapy. Family therapists may focus
more on how patterns of interaction maintain the problem rather than trying to identify the cause, as this can be experienced
as blaming by some families. It assumes that the family as a whole is larger than the sum of its parts. Family therapy may
also be used to draw upon the strengths of a social network to help address a problem that may be completely externally caused
rather than created or maintained by the family.
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Family therapy practitioners come from a
range of professional backgrounds, and some are specifically qualified or licensed/registered in family therapy. In the U.S., there is a specific degree and license as a Marriage and Family therapist. Family therapy has been used effectively where families, and or individuals in those families experience
or suffer many issues including: - interactional and transitional crises in
family’s life cycle (e.g. conflict, estrangement, divorce, child and adolescent issues);
- a serious psychological disorder (e.g. schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, personality disorder, conduct disorders,
ADD/ADHD, addictions and eating disorders);
- as a support of other psychotherapies
and medication.
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- Parents & children challenges
- Parenting/step-parenting problems
- Sudden illness of family member
- Thinking
about divorce?
- Financial/Money issues
- Should we have a baby?
- Extra-marital affair
- Power struggle
- Baby challenges
- In-law problems
- Sibling
relationships
- Helping elderly parents
- Adoptive parents
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