Family Systems Counseling

This approach to counseling is an effort to affect change in the way that members of couples and families interact with each other. All the members of the family comprise a system, and each component of the system has an effect on each member of the family.

So imagine this simplified scenario of the family systems approach. Let's say we see a young kid come in to the office for depression. We can counsel and counsel until we are blue in the face, and then it turns out that after each counseling session, the kid is getting abused when they go home.

The abuse is a central part of the system that needs to be addressed in this example. Without changing that aspect of the system - the abuse - we are not going to see meaningful change no matter how well we counsel. All aspects of the family system must be evaluated and addressed.

This type of therapy isn't necessarily relegated to families, any group of two or more humans who are in regular contact with each other can be subject to the wonders of family systems therapy.

If you are having family problems, or problems with your regular group of people, Pursuit of Happiness has therapists who can help.

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