What is family therapy?
Family therapy helps families resolve conflicts and strengthen their relationships. It is led by qualified mental health professionals like psychologists, licensed professional counselors (LPCs), and licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs) who have extensive training in family dynamics and group communication.
How does family therapy work?
Thriveworks family therapists in Worcester, MA usually begin by asking what everyone’s goals are for family counseling. Family members may need help with very specific issues or with general relationship functioning. But there are three main purposes in family counseling: to educate, to counsel, and to strengthen. Thriveworks also offers online family therapy and in-person services, so you may all meet in an office together or join a video call from your home depending on everyone’s location and availability.
What is the most effective family therapy?
The most effective form of Family therapy will often depend on the family itself, as there are many types of family therapy for therapists to use as they see fit in order to best meet the needs of their clients. However, one of the most commonly used types of family therapy is structural family therapy (SFT). SFT focuses specifically on family dynamics and interactions, looking at how they shape the relationships and structure present in the family. It can be effectively used to treat a variety of concerns.
How do I know if my family needs therapy?
This answer often looks different to each family that starts family therapy. However, some signs that your family might need to consider family counseling include frequent fights or misunderstandings, constant tension, experiencing loss, behavioral issues, marital issues, divorce, and blended family issues, among others.
What is included in family therapy?
In family therapy, therapists will often start by asking questions and assessing individual and family dynamics. From there, they may employ therapeutic techniques such as structured family therapy, CBT, strategic family therapy, and more depending on the present concerns and conflicts. From there, a therapist will work to open lines of communication between family members and facilitate emotional healing and growth.
What is the success rate of family therapy?
Family therapy can be incredibly successful, with some studies reporting a success rate of almost 90% for improving participants’ emotional and mental health, and around 66% for improving their physical health.
Is family therapy conducted in person or online?
Thriveworks therapists in Worcester, MA offer both online family therapy and in-person family therapy. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
How long does family therapy last?
Family therapy is usually short term and solution-focused, with most families accomplishing their goals in 12 sessions or fewer. However, it can also last for longer if the probles at hand are more complex — and that’s okay, too.
Need more help deciding?
Family Therapy in Worcester, MA—Work with a Family Counselor, Psychologist
Thriveworks Counseling in Worcester can provide your family with family therapy. We have family therapists, counselors, and psychologists on staff—these are mental health professionals with specific skills and training in helping families work through a range of problems and improve their relationships with one another.
If this sounds like something your family needs or could benefit from, reach out. Give our office a call at (508) 576-5598.
Family Problems: Challenges Addressed in Family Therapy
Here are common challenges addressed in family therapy:
- Mental illness, like depression or anxiety
- Addiction or substance abuse
- The loss of a family member or another loved one
- Divorce, separation
- Behavioral problems or parenting issues
- Financial stress or strain
- Moving to a new city, starting a new job, going to a new school
In any case—whatever it is your family is going through—the family therapists at Thriveworks in Worcester will do their best to help you and your family members work through the problem(s) that are prevalent in your relationships.
How Are Family Therapists Qualified to Help?
The family therapists at Thriveworks in Worcester are licensed, skilled providers. We only work with the best of the best professionals, which means that you can trust your family therapist will have the necessary skills, training, and experience to help your family. They will first get to know your family and then customize a treatment plan that will allow you to address the exact conflicts that exist in your relationships.
Schedule Family Therapy at Thriveworks Counseling in Worcester, MA
Family therapy is now available at Thriveworks in Worcester. We have a team of family therapists who would be happy to help you address any family problems, whether they stem from your childhood or they’ve begun just recently.
To get started with family therapy at Thriveworks in Worcester, give our office a call at (508) 576-5598.
