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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What can a family therapist do? Not being snarky. Genuinely asking what they do to help.[/quote]

Strengthen our connection so we more readily view things with empathy rather than having this underlying feeling that we are enemies.  Have parents build skills in responding to defiance in more effective ways.  Part of this included individual sessions for each parent to help understand our own triggers and patterns of responding better.  Helping my son tolerate the experience of us being in charge and us not backing down when he wanted to be in charge.  Helping my son manage big feelings.  Other than the individual sessions for DH and me, it wasn’t talk therapy—which might be what you are picturing.  It was all activity based.  I feel like I learned a lot about myself and that I’m not just a better parent but better partner and co-worker.  I would not have defined myself as someone who flew off the handle easily, but now I look back at some of my reactions to things at home and work and realize how over reactive I was.  I definitely gained some skills.  And my son and DH have changed.  And how we interact has changed.  A family is a system—so doing therapy as a family made sense.  [/quote]

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