Family therapy
Family Therapy involves all members of a family presenting for therapy.
Family therapy sessions aim to encourage all family members to express their thoughts & feelings in a calm, rational & thereby safe & non-threatening way. In this way family therapy aims to improve relationships between family members by:
Family therapy sessions aim to encourage all family members to express their thoughts & feelings in a calm, rational & thereby safe & non-threatening way. In this way family therapy aims to improve relationships between family members by:
- Promoting the expression of feelings
- Encouraging the development of empathy & understanding
- Developing healthy interaction patterns via the acquisition of effective communication skills
- Developing effective ways of managing & resolving conflict & solving both minor & major problems
- Developing clear, reasonable & mutually agreed upon rules & expectations
- Clarifying the roles, rights & responsibilities of each family member
- Setting appropriate limits & boundaries