WHY CHOOSE A COUPLES/FAMILY THERAPIST?
Couples/family therapists believe a person does not operate in a vacuum and is profoundly influenced by interactions with significant others. A couples/family therapist views clients in the larger context of family systems meaning the whole family is more than the sum of its parts, where every member has a reverberating impact on the family. Picture a mobile with many figures dangling from each direction. Should one figure be pulled downward, the whole system will accommodate such change. A couples/family therapist understands that families are like mobiles, where ongoing interactions have a synergistic effect. This is what family dynamic means. This dynamic can get stuck in a pattern of dysfunctional behavior that is unwittingly maintained by family members. A couples/family therapist helps to unlock these dysfunctional patterns and to improve overall family functioning.
