Family therapy views the individual as living within a systems that influences our wellbeing.

Family Therapy is a psychological therapy supporting relationships between family members when the system of the family is stressed

Within each family member there is a separate system that exists

All family members have a different role within the family system and have individual parts of self that influence family dynamics

Our individual parts are developed overtime to enable us to deal with different environments, such as work, personal relationships, intimate relationships, as well as parts that developed when we were younger and influence the way we view the world and interactions we have with others

Child hood attachments determine our safety in our world and influence our sense of safety and emotional wellbeing

We see this as our inner child

Unmet attachment needs impacts upon our individual wellbeing as we are mammals and we require connections with others for recovery and overall wellbeing

Parts are developed over time to protect any hurt our inner child may have experienced

Protective parts can obstruct our capacity to engage safely in the world and generally result in behaviour we want to move aware from as they influence our general wellbeing

Family therapy along with somatic therapy support enables us to get to know these parts better, understand how and why they were necessary and enhance the recovery process by reducing the need for protective parts to arrive in our lives when we no longer want them to take over

In 2016 I completed a two year post graduate in family therapy at William Street Family Therapy Centre, Mt Lawley, Western Australia in 2016

I use this lens to assist with treatment planning and to provide support for families when stressful events come up that influence family members