It refers to the treatment of family members at the same time, which is a form and method of group psychotherapy. American psychiatrist A. Meyer pioneered.
The family is a functional unit of society. The personality, values, social adaptation model and interpersonal relationship of each member of the family are formed under the influence of the family and will have positive or negative mutual influence on each other. However, due to poor family function, each member must be involved in family disputes to varying degrees, and has a corner in the bad family relationship, which leads to bad interpersonal relationships, emotional or behavioral disorders.
Doctors can treat patients, we all know that. The patient’s relatives, colleagues, neighbors, unit leaders, etc. get along with the patient day and night and have a great influence on the patient. As long as these people are clear about the nature of neurasthenia and the principles and methods of psychotherapy, it can also be done. Often a relative or friend who is trusted by the patient, has a certain prestige, and is good at ideological work, plays a role in psychotherapy no less than that of a doctor.
The so-called family psychotherapy is based on this situation. First, the doctor conducts a meeting. When the patient is present or not, the doctor and the family members of the patient will have a meeting to coordinate the relationship between family members, establish a good family environment and atmosphere, help the patient reasonably arrange life, study and work, and improve social adaptation. ability. By enriching the psychotherapy knowledge of the patient’s relatives, he can play the role mentioned above no less than a doctor.
The goal of family therapy is to assist a family to resolve abnormal or pathological conditions so that it can perform healthy family functions.
