We can help at any stage of the family life cycle; those just starting out together with babies and young children, to adult families and all the configurations inbetween.
Family Therapy can help with most mental health, life event and wellbeing difficulties that children, young people, adults and family relationships may experience. This may involve changes for an individual, in parenting and family relationhips. We approach mental health and well being challenges from the central belief that we all live in systems, and a family is one such system. To recover individually or as a family, often the family system may need to support developing alternative understandings, and changes in relationships. Each family member has a valid and important part to play in change.
We use evidenced based therapies
Family Therapy is a Nice Guidance evidence based therapy approved for a variety of difficulties. To view the full list please refer to the Nice Guidance
This includes:
- A family or couple who wish to improve their relationships
- When a member of the family is living with a mental health illness,
addiction, disability or chronic illness - When parents/guardians/ carers are concerned about a child or
young person’s behaviour, friendships or school attendance - When parents or guardians are separated or separating and they have concerns about the impact on the family
- When children or young people are struggling with their mental health (anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, self harm, low mood, fears and phobias), or an Eating Disorder (often in collaboration with other professionals involved)
- When a family is coping with with loss, trauma or the impact of abuse
- When family members are going through a life change (changing school, emerging adults moving away, getting married)
- When families are experiencing adoption, guardianship or fostering and are interested in attachment based work and a place to think about the challenges they face
Worcestershire Family Therapy Service 