Family Therapy.

Family Therapy offers families a safe place to build stronger relationships and find new ways to approach challenges.

 

Family Therapy recognises that when one or more people in a family experience a challenge, the family surrounding them are usually affected to. Family Therapy can benefit the individual or the whole family, and by ‘family’ we mean people who are in a close relationship with each other. The emergence of family therapy saw family therapists shift the focus of therapy from individual therapy and the patient-therapist relationship to a holistic therapy which allows for the consideration of social context, communication and relationships with others.

Family therapists deal with the personal relations and interactions of the family members and support them all to express and explore difficult emotions and thoughts, understand each other’s experiences and views, appreciate each other’s needs, build on strengths and make useful changes in their lives. Research shows that family therapy is beneficial for children, young people and adults navigating a wide range of difficulties and experiences.

Connect and Grow Family Therapy

Family Therapy aims to

  • Be inclusive and considerate of each family member

  • Recognise and build on peoples strengths

  • Work ‘with’ families not ‘on’ families

  • Be sensitive to diverse family forms

  • Enable people to talk about difficult issues in ways that respect their experiences, invite engagement and support recovery

Sourced from the Australia Association of Family Therapy

Connect & Grow can help with

  • Supporting families or individuals impacted by disabilities, grief and loss, mental health conditions, addictions, gender or sexuality exploration and identification, and trauma

  • Navigation separation and co-parenting

  • Enhancing parents understanding of their children's behaviours and the parenting responses available to them

  • Repairing family relationships and supporting recovery from relationship breakdowns

  • Understanding the impact of family violence, the importance of safety planning and how to reconnect with family members after family violence has occurred

To learn more about the types of support Connect & Grow offers visit the Support Types page.