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Marital
and Family Therapy:
Marriage and family
therapy utilizes family systems theory and clinical intervention
to promote health and well-being. Marriage and family therapists
(MFT’s) provide therapy to individuals, couples and families
to help them resolve emotional, marital and family difficulties.
In
family therapy, members attend the sessions as a group and work
on understanding their differences from each other's perspectives.
The goal is usually improved communication, less conflict, and
greater empathy and cooperation.
Marital
therapy is most effective when the partners are still on relatively
good terms, therefore couples who receive marital counselling
early on, improve their chances of success.
Play
Therapy:
Play therapy is based on the assumption that problems stemming
from unconscious conflicts and developmental deficits in children
are often revealed in their play. Through talking and playing
with the therapist and the active involvement of the parents,
children are helped to understand what is troubling them.
Play therapy provides parents with practical strategies
for managing problematic behaviours at home.
Psychotherapy:
A psychotherapist interacts with clients to initiate change
in his or her thoughts, feelings, and behaviour through adaptation.
A licensed psychotherapist obtains a master’s degree or doctorate
in a chosen mental health field, undergoes a supervised clinical
practicum, and is licensed, certified, or registered by a government
or psychological agency to which they are accountable. Licensed
professionals who practice psychotherapy include the following:
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