The Ace study
Family Therapy provides effective help for people with an extraordinarily wide range of difficulties.
Full report of the The Evidence Base Of Systemic Family And Couples Therapy
For families with children and adolescents
· Conduct problems, including oppositional behaviour
· Emotional disorders including anxiety, depression and grief following bereavement
· Substance misuse
· Eating disorder
· As a second-line treatment for depression and chronic illness.
· Childhood physical abuse and neglect;
· Difficulties and problems with attention and overactivity;
· Psychosomatic problems (soiling, asthma)
Family therapy with adults
o Psychotic disorders
o Depression
o Mood disorders
o Drug and alcohol misuse
o Anorexia (adult as well as adolescent) and bulimia
o Distress in couple relationships.
o Chronic pain management
o Management of neurologically impaired adults
o Treatment of psychosexual difficulties
o Marital conflict and distress
o Anxiety disorders
o Agoraphobia with panic disorder
o Obsessive-compulsive disorder
o Major depression and bipolar disorder
A Carr
Child problems
Child abuse and neglect
Conduct problems
Emotional problems
Psychosomatic problems
Adult problems
Marital and relationship problems
Psychosexual problems
Anxiety disorders
Mood disorders
Psychotic disorders
Alcohol abuse
Chronic pain management
Family management of neurologically impaired adults
Notarius and Buongiorno (1995) found that the average amount of time a married couple waits to get professional help from the time one of them detects serious problems in the marriage is 6 years! (and keep in mind, half of all marriages that end do so in the first seven years).
◦ 5-7 years due to high conflict
◦ 10-12 years due to the loss of intimacy and connection
◦ (there is some disagreement with Gottman on this issue, as marriages certainly end before 5-7 years, as well as between 7 and 10 years, but Gottman argues these are critical or high risk times for marriages).
Research shows Family Therapy is useful for children, young people, adults and older adults experiencing a wide range of difficulties and circumstances including:
Family Therapy provides effective help for people with an extraordinarily wide range of difficulties.
Full report of the The Evidence Base Of Systemic Family And Couples Therapy
For families with children and adolescents
· Conduct problems, including oppositional behaviour
· Emotional disorders including anxiety, depression and grief following bereavement
· Substance misuse
· Eating disorder
· As a second-line treatment for depression and chronic illness.
· Childhood physical abuse and neglect;
· Difficulties and problems with attention and overactivity;
· Psychosomatic problems (soiling, asthma)
Family therapy with adults
o Psychotic disorders
o Depression
o Mood disorders
o Drug and alcohol misuse
o Anorexia (adult as well as adolescent) and bulimia
o Distress in couple relationships.
o Chronic pain management
o Management of neurologically impaired adults
o Treatment of psychosexual difficulties
o Marital conflict and distress
o Anxiety disorders
o Agoraphobia with panic disorder
o Obsessive-compulsive disorder
o Major depression and bipolar disorder
A Carr
Child problems
Child abuse and neglect
Conduct problems
Emotional problems
Psychosomatic problems
Adult problems
Marital and relationship problems
Psychosexual problems
Anxiety disorders
Mood disorders
Psychotic disorders
Alcohol abuse
Chronic pain management
Family management of neurologically impaired adults
Notarius and Buongiorno (1995) found that the average amount of time a married couple waits to get professional help from the time one of them detects serious problems in the marriage is 6 years! (and keep in mind, half of all marriages that end do so in the first seven years).
◦ 5-7 years due to high conflict
◦ 10-12 years due to the loss of intimacy and connection
◦ (there is some disagreement with Gottman on this issue, as marriages certainly end before 5-7 years, as well as between 7 and 10 years, but Gottman argues these are critical or high risk times for marriages).
Research shows Family Therapy is useful for children, young people, adults and older adults experiencing a wide range of difficulties and circumstances including:
- Couple relationship difficulties
- Child and adolescent mental health issues
- Adult mental health issues
- Child, adolescent and adult behaviour difficulties
- Parenting issues
- Illness and disability in the family
- Separation, divorce and step-family life
- Anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders
- Fostering, adoption, kinship care and the needs of ‘looked after’ children
- Domestic violence and abuse
- Self-harm
- Drug and alcohol misuse
- The effects of trauma
- Difficulties related to ageing and other life cycle changes.
