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Huntington Beach Family Therapy Can Help To Heal Dysfunctional Families

By Cynthia Ross


Modern families are under great pressure. In most cases, both parents are pursuing their own careers and they have to cope with many demands on their time. Families do not spend enough time with each other and many children keenly feel the lack of support and nurturing that they so desperately need. As a consequence, they sometimes develop behavior problems. Huntington Beach family therapy can help such families to bring balance to their lives.

Bitter and acrimonious divorces are a major cause of dysfunctional families. Constant conflict upset everyone, especially the children. They may be made to feel as if they need to take sides and this can cause much stress and anxiety. Children in such situations often feel insecure and they may start developing behavioral problems. Counseling can definitely help both the parents and the children in such situations.

Parents do not always realize that their children are also subjected to serious pressure. They often struggle to cope with the expectations that their parents and teachers have of them and most children have to deal with peer pressure. As a result, many children become withdrawn or they drift towards the wrong groups and activities. Therapists can help such families to rethink their priorities.

Substance abuse and addiction is probably the main cause of unhappy and dysfunctional families. Sadly, addicts and substance abusers are often aggressive and they routinely abuse their families emotionally, sexually and physically. If the guilty partner, and it can be either a child or a parent, agrees to get help the whole family still needs help to recover from the abuse. A therapist can be of great help in such cases.

Therapists often find it difficult to council entire families. If only one member is unwilling to be part of the process, nobody can make progress. Therapists will therefore often have one on one sessions with every member of the family before they start seeing them as a group. Every member must understand that he has a vital role to play in helping to ensure the happiness and stability of the whole family.

Families may need some help to find a therapist that has experience in dealing with other families with similar problems. General practitioners, social workers and even church ministers may be able to recommend a suitable professional. Therapists themselves will also refer families to someone better suited than then to deal with the issues at hand if they do not feel qualified to accept the case.

No therapist can solve the problems experienced by families. Only the members of those families can do this. The role of the therapist is not to prescribe solutions, but to rather help his clients to find solutions for themselves. Families need to understand that it may take some time and many sessions with the therapist before positive results can be expected. There are no quick fixes.

Families in trauma are seldom able to deal with the problems and issues without professional help. They need an independent and objective therapist to help them gain focus and to set realistic goals. Many families have benefited greatly from counseling and any family in turmoil or distress should seriously consider it.




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