Hi. Just wanted to say that I have been to family therapy, although many years ago. My mum was a self harmer and spent many years really struggling with it and her emotions. We only went to about half a dozen sessions, and I was only about 11/12 years old. But I found it incredibly helpful. Firstly, it was a safe place for me, mum and my younger sister to get everything out in the open and actually discuss what was happening. Alot of assumptions and false beliefs were dispelled during our sessions, both about what me and my sister believed and what my mum believed about what we thought of her. What we learnt in the sessions, we managed to take home and put into practice, for example, we were more able to understand why, and she was more able to talk to us about the triggers.
I understand that all familys are unique, and it wasn't a magic cure, but it was a starting point and gave us something to build on.
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