Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing

Family therapy is a type of psychotherapy used to help resolve any kinds of family issues. Contrary to what you might have heard, family therapy is not a long process or a chance to apportion blame, but it really can help all kinds of families.

What separates family therapy from other kinds of psychotherapy is its approach: a therapist looks at family relationships and interaction, not the specific problems associated with one person.

Instead, they focus on the systems of individuals – this could be their coping mechanisms, communication, behavioural patterns, family rules, and so on – and the impact of their relationships, either negative or positive, on each other. This is where the first misconception of family therapy comes up: many people assume the therapist wants to blame parents for a child’s problems, but this isn’t the case. The whole family dynamic is explored, and the therapist wants to maintain a good relationship with parents and children.