Family Therapy

Family therapy is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on enhancing behavioral patterns within the family as a whole, as well as between individuals and groups, or subsystems within the family, and interfamilial connections. Family therapy aims to help the family as a whole resolve any emotional, mental, or psychological issues that are tearing the family apart (Lee, 2010). Family therapists work to help people communicate better, solve family issues, comprehend and handle difficult family situations, and improve the functioning of their homes in order to lead a family towards a healthy life (Family Therapy, 2017A).
Family therapy objectives include to improve the communication, conflict resolution, and problem-solving abilities necessary for a happy, functioning family. Morever, it aids in investigating the family's interactional dynamics and how they relate to psychopathology, utilizing the family's functional resources and inner strength, repairing the dysfunctional family interactional styles (including improving communication) and enhancing the family's capacity for problem-solving. The likelihood of overcoming and resolving family issues increases when these skills are improved. Family therapy encompasses a wide range of therapeutic modalities with various conceptual guiding principles, procedures, and clinical foci. Family therapy can help in overcoming problems or concerns including marital issues, parent-child conflict, issues between siblings, effects of illness on the family, difficulty in adjusting among family members, conflicting parents techniques, difficulty in expressing emotions need for psychoeducation among family members regarding the condition of the index patient.