So what will you family therapist actually do? Your therapist will help you all to see how important the family is as a unit, and how crucial it is that each member performing his/her roles effectively. Your therapist will also help you communicate and resolve conflicts in the best way possible, and help you to analyse your behaviours to see why and how certain family members act the way they do, and why and how they may need to change. For the best results, family therapists tend to conduct regular sessions, ask you to do certain activities or behave in a particular way to resolve issues and help you achieve what you want out of the sessions. However, you all need to be convinced and willing in these sessions, if you want any chance of success.
Specifically, therapy can be useful for parent-child conflict, such as your or your child’s indifferent attitude or bad company, no making enough time for each other or if you’re disagreeing on certain issues. Therapy can help with both one-off and on-going problems, such as any difficulties you may have at work, raising children, with social relationships or in the relationships between family members. If your child has a development disability, family therapy can help to develop his or her cognitive-social-emotional abilities and control of their emotions. You can also get help if you’re having marital issues or going through a divorce or if someone in the family has a chronic medical illness, both of which affect every family member in different ways. Finally, you should consider family therapy if your family is experiencing any issues related to family violence, child abuse and incest, death in the family or any other traumatic incidents.