Family Therapy/Mediation

My role is to facilitate change within the patterns of interaction. This is achieved by capturing everyones perspective of a situation and for the group to see me as someone who can work with differences between it's members. It is vital that everyones voice is heard and no one is forgotten about. It is also my job to see that other members are also hearing each individuals voice. I must ensure that everyone ‘owns their story’ in a challenging but diplomatic way. It is important to discover the root of a problem, rather than a individual in the family being the cause and using ‘blaming statements’ towards them. Experience has taught me that is crucial for the family to take what it learns about itself in the counselling room intellectually and express those things emotionally back in their home life. I will set tasks and strategies that holds every member accountable to ensure that things progress and move forward.