Filial Therapy
Using play to help build family relationships in a safe supportive environment
What is Filial Therapy?
Filial Therapy is a proven approach that involves the whole family. It aims to overcome problems through building strong parent-child relationships. Filial Therapy involves training and supporting parents and carers in four key skills areas:
Structuring: creating boundaries
Empathic listening: tuning into emotions
Limit setting: enforcing boundaries
Imaginary play: following your child’s lead in the play world
What are the benefits?
Filial Therapy can benefit children, parents and the whole family.
The main goals of Filial Therapy are:
building strong relationships
positive interactions between family members
improving communication skills
Filial Therapy can help children:
recognise and express their emotions
increase self esteem and self confidence
build positive social behaviours
develop problem solving skills
Filial Therapy can help parents:
gain a deeper understanding of their child’s development
recognise and respond to children’s emotions, thoughts and behaviours appropriately
develop confidence in their parenting
Want to know more?
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