Typical reasons to being a family intervention, include:
- Marital problems
- Parent–child conflict
- Problems between siblings
- The effects of illness on the family
- Adjustment problems among family members
- Inconsistency parenting skills
- Family member education
- Handling emotions
During family therapy, you can expect to1:
- Explore the interactional dynamics of the family and its relationship to psychopathology
- Mobilize the family’s internal strength and functional resources
- Restructure the maladaptive interactional family styles (including improving communication)
- Strengthen the family’s problem-solving behavior
1. National Institute of Health