Therapy for Families

Working with families is a very important piece in therapy, especially with minor clients. When working with children,  it is essential to include parents and at times the entire family system in the treatment, depending on the situation as it relates to minor’s therapy.  This may entail bringing a parent into the last 5-10 minutes of a weekly individual session or scheduling monthly parent or family meetings.  No matter how the therapist include the parents, she ensures it is done in a way that balances the privacy and confidentiality of the child or teen, with the need for parental involvement to support the treatment.  If the issue is impacting the entire family system — i.e. family conflict, separation/divorce, remarriage, new sibling or other transition — the mode of treatment may be primarily family sessions, rather than individual work.