How do family therapists differ from other mental health professionals?
Family therapists specialize in treating individual and family problems by attempting to find solutions that involve the real world settings in which a person lives — their home, work and family settings. Family therapists are regularly called upon when there are problems in living that involve relationships and families. Individuals and couples seek out marriage and family therapy when they have problems in their relationships, with their parenting skills, with raising children who have emotional or behavioral problems, and with problems involving their extended families.
