First put forth by Peter Menuchin, it requires all members of the family to take part in therapy as a group and also separately. Compare to Network Therapy which tries to include the entire network of family, friends and acquaintances.
the efforts aimed at helping a patient's family understand and cope with the patient's disorder and help in the patient's recovery
A general term for a number of therapies that treat the family or couple, operating on the assumption that the key to family or marital distress is not necessarily in the pathology of any individual family member but is rather in the interrelationships within the family.
Treatment of more than one member of a family, based on the assumption that a problem or mental disorder in one member may be a manifestation of disorder in other members and may affect interrelationships and functioning.
Attempts to identify and correct disruptive and unhealthy patterns that demands and expectations of some family members have for others.
A form of psychotherapy involving treatment of more than one member of the family simultaneously in the same session. For family members of BPD patients, family therapy aims to help them understand, empathize with and learn to cope with the patient's illness.
A type of psychotherapy designed to identify family patterns that contribute to a behavior disorder or mental illness and help family members break those habits. Family therapy involves discussion and problem-solving sessions with the family. Some of these sessions may be as a group, in couples, or one on one. In family therapy, the web of interpersonal relationships is examined and, ideally, communication is strengthened within the family.
A form of psychotherapy which treats the family rather than the individual, bringing the entire family together for therapeutic sessions. This type of therapy is based on the theory that improvement of communication and emotional expression among family members promotes understanding and cooperation
A form of group therapy in which members of a family are helped to relate better to one another.
(FAM-ih-lee THAYR-uh-pee) A type of therapy in which the whole family talks with a professional counselor to solve family problems.
a branch of psychotherapy concerned with the use of family process to treat psychopathological conditions or other dysfunctions in families.
Psychotherapy with the family members as a group rather than treatment of the patient alone. See also group therapy.
Family therapy, also referred to as couple and family therapy and family systems therapy, and earlier generally referred to as marriage therapy, is a branch of psychotherapy that works with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. It tends to view these in terms of the systems of interaction between family members. It emphasizes family relationships as an important factor in psychological health.