Family therapy online - what is family therapy?
Family therapy is a therapeutic conversation between a psychologist and members of a family, where the aim is to improve communication, build understanding and strengthen relationships. With online family therapy, you get flexible access to professional support that can help you handle conflict, stress and life changes in a constructive way.
Family therapy is relevant for every kind of family: adult siblings, adult children and their parents, parents of young children (only the parents take part in the therapy), and whole families who want to feel better together day to day.
When should you consider family therapy?
If you are experiencing conflict, frequent misunderstandings or a family member who is struggling, family therapy with professional support from a psychologist can be an effective help. A psychologist works with you to identify the challenges and create lasting improvements in your relationships.
Many families ask themselves: "How can family therapy help us?"
That question is in itself a sign that there is a need for support, and that family therapy can be a valuable path towards more calm, understanding and cooperation.
Family therapy can help you:
- Improve communication between family members
- Reduce and resolve conflict
- Build stronger relationships
- Navigate stressful periods such as divorce, grief or illness
- Understand old patterns and replace them with healthier dynamics
When people ask "How can family therapy help us in our particular situation?", the answer is often that professional support offers new perspectives and tools that are hard to create from inside the family.
What happens in a family therapy session?
In online family therapy, the psychologist creates a safe and confidential space where everyone can express their feelings and points of view. The psychologist acts as a kind of translator, helping the family understand each other's needs and reactions. This process is central to how family therapy can help in practice.
In emotion-focused therapy (EFT), we work with the feelings behind the actions. We explore how old emotional patterns affect your relationships, and how the family together can find new and more helpful ways of communicating.
The aim is to give you concrete tools that work in everyday life and that support the professional help the family receives in therapy.
How are children involved in family therapy?
At Online Psykologhjælp, I do not involve children directly in the sessions. Instead, I work with the parents in family therapy, because changes in the parents' behaviour have the greatest impact on the children's wellbeing.
This approach lets you talk openly and without interruption about your challenges and, together with the psychologist, explore how family therapy can help you as parents create a safer environment for your children.
How do you choose the right family therapist?
When you look for a psychologist who works with family therapy, it is important to choose a professional with the right training and specialisation. At Online Psykologhjælp, I work with emotion-focused therapy, a research-based method with well-documented effects on relationships.
Here you get online family therapy with professional support, where the psychologist gives you clear tools and helps you understand how family therapy can help with your particular relationship challenges. Sessions are held in English, online, wherever you live in Denmark.
What problems can family therapy help with?
Family therapy can make a real difference to many kinds of challenges. Many people seek therapy precisely to understand better how family therapy can help them in a specific situation. For example:
- Conflicts between parents and children
- Relationship problems that affect the family
- Behavioural problems in children or teenagers
- Grief, loss or divorce
- Strain and stress in connection with life changes
In all of these situations, family therapy with professional support can give you new options, greater understanding and a more balanced family dynamic.
What my clients say
I came to Marlene with one central question I wanted to find an answer to. For me, the therapy became a really lovely journey of learning, where I not only got more clarity about my situation, but also had the chance to look deep into myself and reflect on my own patterns and core conflicts. Marlene is good at holding on to the essential questions and feelings, and at supporting and nudging me with care when needed.
Marlene is committed and empathetic, and creates a safe space where it is easy to share, especially because she invests herself in the conversation too. I was very glad to have a course of therapy with Marlene, and I would definitely recommend it to others, and use it again myself if I ever needed to.
We are so incredibly glad to be in therapy with you, and from session to session we can feel how we are changing for the better, both individually and together. You are wonderfully skilled at guiding the conversation and the space between us. We want you to know that.
Couples therapy has helped us in different ways. I have come to know T’s motives in a different way from what I assumed before. T has learned to listen better than before, and not necessarily to look for solutions, but simply to listen.
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I can also help with
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- DepressionAre you struggling with a lack of motivation, strong feelings of guilt, tiredness, or generally feeling low?
- StressDo you feel as if you are drowning in your own life? Stress is not a diagnosis but a state of overwhelm that arises when there is far too much on our plate.