Family Therapy refers to a therapeutic method that involves the entire family unit.
Family therapy aims to help whole families or parts of families communicate better, particularly over thoughts, feelings, and arguments. They may aim to help families organise themselves better, be more positive and helpful towards each other, or to make the family rules clearly and more fairer for everyone.
Other definition:
Family therapy is defined as a technique in which all family members participate, both individually and as a group, to change destructive relationships and communication patterns.
It is a form of Psychotherapy in which several members of a family are seen by the therapist in addition to the identified patient. Family therapy is based on the idea that many of the problems exhibited by children or adolescents are learned or even reinforced in the family setting, such that alleviating these problems requires the cooperation of the entire family unit. Moreover, Family therapy is defined as:
(1) any Psychotherapeutic treatment of the family to improve psychological functioning among its members. Most major theories of psychotherapy have applications to family therapy.
(2) psychological treatment in which the therapist works with several or all members of the family
(3) a form of Psychotherapy in which several members of a family are seen by the therapist in addition to the identified patient. This therapy modality is based on the idea that everyone in a family is affected when one member develops a problem and that the home environment may have contributed to the development of the problem in the first place, and
(4) a type of psychotherapy designed to identify family patterns that contribute to a behavior disorder or mental illness and help family members break those habits.
Family therapy involves discussion and problem-solving sessions with the family. Some of these sessions may be as a group, in couples, or one on one. In family therapy, the web of interpersonal relationships is examined and, ideally, communication is strengthened within the family.