When Family Therapy Might Be Useful

All relationships have ups and downs and most people have to cope with crises from time to time. On occasions it is helpful to seek help outside your usual support network.

These situations may include:

Marital and couple relationships
Separation or divorce
Stepfamilies
New partnerships and family relationships
New families
Post-natal depression
Emotional and behavioural difficulties with children
Adolescents growing up
Young people leaving home
Alchohol and substance misuse
Unemployment and financial difficulties
Work pressures
Bereavement
Serious illness
Trauma

All the above situations can create tension and difficulties within family networks. Usually we all cope well enough with difficulties but sometimes problems mount up and seem too much.

When these problems persist, family therapy can be helpful.