Families are our greatest resource for emotional health and very often for practical support too. At times family relationships become strained for all sorts of reasons, often with a mix of internal and external factors.

Family therapists are trained to bring an awareness of how these internal and external pressures impact family life and individual coping. The therapist will also help individuals to open up their communication, build emotional strength and enhance problem-solving capability.

Family therapy will typically involve the whole family, especially in early sessions. This allows the therapist to understand a number of viewpoints about the difficulties being experienced, and also to find out more about the strengths and helpful resources present in different family members. When things go well family members can alter the problem situation and help each other heal.

At the same time, there will usually be space for both individuals and parents to attend separate sessions where they can speak confidentially about issues they are facing and identify changes they wish to make or work towards.

As in any form of therapy, change may not happen overnight, so some degree of persistence is needed on all sides. The therapist will try to keep people on track in terms of what they want to achieve and will evaluate progress both during the work and after it has concluded.

• Relationships
• Loss
• Change through illness
• Trauma
• Bereavement
• Separations
• Outside factors
• Employment
• Money Issues
• School
• Peer group challenges
• And much more

If you have any queries contact us via: 

Email: info@cherrytreetherapycentre.co.uk

Phone: 020 8506 1868