Is it effective?
Family therapy is considered a 'level 1' evidenced based intervention by the Australian Psychological Society in the treatment of:
- Child and adolescent depression
- Substance use disorders
- Anorexia nervosa
- Conduct and oppositional defiant disorders
...and as an adjunct intervention in the treatment of:
- Adult bipolar, anorexia nervosa, somatisation and psychotic disorders
- Childhood bipolar and bulimia nervosa
https://www.psychology.org.au/practitioner/resources/interventions/
- Child and adolescent depression
- Substance use disorders
- Anorexia nervosa
- Conduct and oppositional defiant disorders
...and as an adjunct intervention in the treatment of:
- Adult bipolar, anorexia nervosa, somatisation and psychotic disorders
- Childhood bipolar and bulimia nervosa
https://www.psychology.org.au/practitioner/resources/interventions/
| evidence-based-psychological-interventions.pdf |
Stratton, P (2016) The Evidence Base of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice. Association for Family Therapy, UK.
"This report draws on a substantial number of recent meta-analyses and systematic reviews that consistently point to a
strong positive conclusion about the general effectiveness of the approach"
http://www.aft.org.uk/SpringboardWebApp/userfiles/aft/file/Research/Evidence-base.pdf
| evidence-base_of_ft.pdf |
Steve Marriott provides counselling and psychotherapy services to individuals, couples, families, children and adolescents who live in the Northern Rivers of NSW, or online.
