Systemic Family Therapy
Therapists are working with families to understand the patterns of behavior, beliefs or stories that have developed in family systems, and the wider context in which they live. Through the process of understanding these behavior patterns, beliefs or stories, therapists will begin to introduce new or different information. Therapists may also use active strategies to introduce this new information. The information will affect the development of behavioral patterns, beliefs and stories and the influence they have on the family. It therefore helps the family to develop new perceptions or actions that they can use to tackle the difficulties with which they are struggling. Once change is beginning to occur, therapists highlight this process to families, enabling them to develop further changes and develop their understanding of how change was possible. This will develop the family’s resources in coping with future struggles.