Professional Marriage and Family Therapy
There are many ongoing research that look into the effectiveness of marriage counseling and family therapy. The benefits of therapy, while difficult to measure in a traditional sense, clearly show the benefits of counseling and therapy in helping families learn to better relate and communicate.
Marriage and family therapy cover a large range of mental health issues beyond marital conflict and stress, from mental and emotional disorders and health problems to adolescent drug abuse, depression, alcoholism, obesity and dementia in the elderly. There are therapists that specialize in a wide range of treatment types in order to serve all of these needs.
The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, or AAMFT, says
In a recent study, consumers report that marriage and family therapists are the mental health professionals they would most likely recommend to friends. Over 98 percent of clients of marriage and family therapists report therapy services as good or excellent.
After receiving treatment, almost 90% of clients report an improvement in their emotional health, and nearly two-thirds report an improvement in their overall physical health. A majority of clients report an improvement in their functioning at work, and over three-fourths of those receiving marital/couples or family therapy report an improvement in the couple relationship. When a child is the identified patient, parents report that their child’s behavior improved in 73.7% of the cases, their ability to get along with other children significantly improved and there was improved performance in school.
Marriage and Family therapy is not a new or unregulated practice. Therapists are licensed or certified in 48 states and are recognized by the federal government as members of a distinct mental health discipline.
You can trust that your licensed, professional Marriage and Family therapist is qualified to help you and your family.
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