Family Programme
Addiction is a unique disease does not only affects the person suffering from it but also their families and those closest to them.
If a loved one is suffering from addiction it can cause a lot of heartache and pain for their families, especially because, by the time they reach out for help and treatment, the disease has usually reached a crisis point and progressed to a level where they may feel helpless and like there is no way out.
What is the Family Therapy Approach?​
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The family therapy approach involves treatment aimed at assisting families in resolving issues affecting their members’ mental health and relationships. Family and couples therapy can help family members improve communication, develop more successful coping strategies, and resolve issues within the family system.
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Family therapy focuses on interactions between individuals in a family. Systemic therapists focus on a problem in the context of family relations and dynamics. It aims to heal the problem within a family.
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What are the Three Goals of Family Therapy?
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The main goal of Systemic Family Therapy is to heal any mental, emotional, or psychological problems within a family. While the specific goal largely depends on the unique circumstances of each family, the goals commonly include:
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Developing and maintaining healthy boundaries within a family
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Improving communication and assisting family members in better understanding family dynamics
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Deal with and overcome family relationship issues.
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Other goals involve
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Examining how interactional patterns within a family contribute to psychopathology
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Activating the family’s internal resources
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Improving the family’s problem-solving abilities
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Providing
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Communication difficulties between family members
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Children, and teenagers struggling
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Family members isolated from family life
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Family members struggling to cope with stress
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Someone in your family having difficulty functioning in their normal capacity
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The family has experienced a form of trauma, and members are finding it hard to cope
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Mental health, addiction, and eating disorders in the family
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Family members with extreme emotional reactions
This programme has been developed to do just that. To support and educate parents, siblings, children, spouses, partners or other relatives or caregivers, who are struggling to cope with the ramifications of living with or loving someone with an addiction.
