Free post # 5: Fixing the Family

A marriag and family therapist serve as a guide for familes , they help them make their family stronger or bring them together. Families will always face problems and get into arguments based on jealousy, teenage rebellion, substance abuse, financial disagreements, etc. When beginning to help a family mend their issues to help their family functioning, a marriage and family therapist will first need to figure out what the problem is. When things are a little to heated, the family therapist would probably choose to speak with each member of the family separately and get a better understanding of each family member's perspective. But usually, they would like to speak with the family as a whole, to see how they are interacting with one another. For example, are they interrupting one another, not listening, are they rolling their eyes, etc. The marriage and family therapist job then is to just listen and observe each family member's body language. After the family is done pleading their case, then the family therapist can insert their own opinion to get the family to communicate effectively, so that they are able to understand their peers or partner and come up with solutions that will then benefit everyone.