Systemic Family or Couple therapy
What is Systemic Therapy?
Who is Systemic therapy for?
Systemic therapy is for anyone wanting to:
- aim for living life better in the moment with others & to be able to feel joy in close relationships.
Systemic therapy is for anyone whose relationship:
- is going through a rough patch
- can be helped by improved communication.
What does Systemic therapy help with?
Research evidence shows that therapy can help many people with different difficulties as outlined above.
What happens in systemic therapy sessions?
Our Clinical Psychologist offering systemic therapy aims to help build good safe relationships in your life with improved communication.
Aim to be able to express your feelings and needs with those close to you and have a mutually supportive relationship, with your therapist’s help.
As Clinical Psychologists are trained in other therapies too, the therapy offered can be agreed with you after the getting-to-know-you stage.
For example, you may agree on a course of Systemic therapy alone or with another therapy approach to follow, to help you reach your life goals (when you are ready for that).
Do you need a diagnosis to have systemic therapy?
No, you don’t need to have any diagnosis. Many people have found having systemic (couple or family) therapy life-changing.
Find the right systemic therapist near you
Our Clinical Psychologists are trained in and experienced in offering systemic therapy, in the UK.
Your Clinical Psychologist will help you look at different aspects of your relationship that you want to change and to work out the best, individually tailored, route of how to get there.
Our clinical psychologists are trained and experienced in offering couple or family therapy
Our Clinical Psychologists provide that specialist couple therapy or family therapy intervention.
How do I make an appointment for couple therapy?
We currently have appointment slots available, either online or some face to face same-room appointments, in certain parts of the country.
To see one of our Clinical Psychologists, do make contact using the button or call to help us fix a good day and time for you.
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Author
Dr Jurai Darongkamas
Written by © Dr Jurai Darongkamas, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, (with over 35 years’ experience).
The above has been written to provide a brief overview for the reader.
It should not be used as a basis for any action until after obtaining a professional opinion about unique difficulties, strengths, circumstances, life history, etc.
She has published articles on CAT including:
- A CAT envelope to deliver EMDR (Cognitive Analytic Therapy around Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) and
- Outcomes of Cognitive Analytic Therapy delivered by trainees.
Her work has been cited by many others.
CAT is also described on wikipedia.
Please also see pages on the following topics:
- What is Clinical Psychology?
- What training have Clinical Psychologists had?
- What are the main Psychological Therapy approaches used?
- How do I make an appointment for help?
- What usually happens at the first meeting? and how long do we meet for?
- Will I be given information about the Clinical Psychologist I see?
- What courses can I join (to help me improve my psychological health)?
- How will my confidentiality be maintained?
- What have other people said about seeing a Clinical Psychologist here?
- Where else can I seek help and information? Links to other organisations given here
- Regulations and making a complaint
Links to help and information
If you need to talk to someone urgently, click here for contact details of other organisations for your information.
External Resources
More on EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is available:
- Types of talking therapy: NHS
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: A Conceptual Framework
- The founder of this service has published an academic article on EMDR.
