What is Family Therapy?
When one person in a family struggles, everyone feels it — and everyone can be part of the solution. Family therapy sees the family as a system and works with members together to improve communication, resolve conflict and support the person who is unwell.
How it works
- Understanding each member's view and the family's patterns
- Improving communication and reducing blame
- Setting healthy boundaries and routines
- Psychoeducation about the condition affecting a family member
- Problem-solving together
How it is effective for mental health disorders
- Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: family intervention and psychoeducation are recommended in NICE guidelines and reduce relapse and hospital admissions.
- Eating disorders in young people: family-based treatment is a first-line approach for adolescent anorexia.
- Addiction: family involvement improves treatment engagement and recovery.
- Child and teen behaviour problems, depression and self-harm: family-based approaches improve outcomes and family relationships.
- Divorce, blended families and grief: helps families adjust together.
Who can benefit
Families facing conflict, a member's mental illness or addiction, parenting challenges, or major life changes.
What to expect
Usually 6–12 sessions, with some sessions for individual members as needed.
How Mind Detox Centre delivers it
Family therapy is part of our addiction, child, adolescent, couple and severe mental illness programmes.
Fee ₹2,500