"Couple and family therapy" redirects here. The term may also refer to couples therapy.
Family therapy
ICD-9-CM
94.42
MeSH
D005196
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Family therapy (also referred to as family counseling, family systems therapy, marriage and family therapy, couple and family therapy) is a branch of psychotherapy focused on families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. It tends to view change in terms of the systems of interaction between family members.
The different schools of family therapy have in common a belief that, regardless of the origin of the problem, and regardless of whether the clients consider it an "individual" or "family" issue, involving families in solutions often benefits clients. This involvement of families is commonly accomplished by their direct participation in the therapy session. The skills of the family therapist thus include the ability to influence conversations in a way that catalyses the strengths, wisdom, and support of the wider system.[1]
In the field's early years, many clinicians defined the family in a narrow, traditional manner usually including parents and children. As the field has evolved, the concept of the family is more commonly defined in terms of strongly supportive, long-term roles and relationships between people who may or may not be related by blood or marriage.
The conceptual frameworks developed by family therapists, especially those of
family systems theorists, have been applied to a wide range of human behavior, including organisational dynamics and the study of greatness.
^Szapocznik, José; Schwartz, Seth J.; Muir, Joan A.; Brown, C. Hendricks (June 2012). "Brief Strategic Family Therapy: An Intervention to Reduce Adolescent Risk Behavior". Couple and Family Psychology. 1 (2): 134–145. doi:10.1037/a0029002. ISSN 2160-4096. PMC 3737065. PMID 23936750.
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