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What is family systems therapy?
Family systems therapy is a form of psychotherapy that treats the family as a unit.
Other important benefits include strengthening relationships, improving communication patterns, increasingresilience, and encouraging supportive family networks.
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It’s used effectively along with treatments for substance abuse in teens and adults.
This can be challenging when family members are reluctant, ambivalent, or resistant to treatment.
Family systems therapists remain neutral throughout treatment.
This can be challenging for family members who want the therapist to provide feedback or challenge problematic behavior.
From the perspective of some family members, this neutrality can seem like implied approval of certain behaviors.
Check online for a nearby therapist, or ask your primary care physician for a referral.
Family therapy typically lasts an average of 12 sessions, depending on the family’s needs.
Find out which option is the best for you.
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