family psychotherapy

(family therapy)

• treatment » psychotherapy

This term encompasses a variety of methods characterized by focus on the family rather than the individual, usually including more than one family member in the psychotherapy session.

• behavioral family therapy
• bifocal family therapy
• crisis family therapy
• family systems psychotherapy
• multiple family therapy
• psychoanalytically oriented family therapy
• strategic therapy
• structural family therapy
• symbolic-experiential family therapy

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