Family Counseling
When families present for psychotherapy, it is important to understand the dynamics and manifestations of symptoms or problematic behaviors. As mentioned in a previous section, a person's behaviors, decisions, and symptoms do not occur in a vacuum: rather, they occur within a context or system. The family is considered that exact system. Thus, family therapy aspires to educate family members on the nature of their interactions and replace unhealthy family patterns that have evolved over the lifetime of the family system with more adaptive interactions. This is accomplished through helping families reduce conflict and isolation by:
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