Family-Therapeutic Relationship Work
A relationship is a system. In a system, every change affects the whole. When one part tips over, everything moves. We do not work with blame or pathologisation. We look at patterns, protective behaviours, loyalties and unspoken expectations.
Key topics in therapy
- Recurring conflicts
- Speechlessness
- Transitions and upheavals
- Separation and patchwork families
- Stress surrounding a child
- Decision node: stay, leave, reorganize
You don't just want to resolve conflicts, you want to truly understand each other?
Who attends the meetings
In principle, the entire family system is invited. Who actually takes part depends on the concern being addressed, the need for protection, and the specific situation.
Many processes are supported in a co-setting. Two professionals hold the process. Two perspectives help open the space. At times, individual sessions with individual family members are appropriate. These appointments are part of the overall process. They do not replace it. They support it.
As the work unfolds, it often becomes clear which level is central:
– the couple level
– the parental level
– the overall family dynamics
– or individual relationships within the system.
This level is not determined in advance; it emerges from the shared process. Adolescents are not pressured to participate. If their involvement is not appropriate or possible, we continue working with the adults—without pathologizing the child.
Children in the family system
terms and conditions
The specific scope and costs will be agreed transparently after the preliminary discussion.
- Duration: 60–90 minutes
- Price per individual session: 150 euros
- Co-session price: 300 euros
- Group course price: 50 euros per person
- Location: Praxis Wormser Straße 28 in 69123 Heidelberg oder Online
FAQs
Family therapy relationship work for deeper emotional processes and systemic patterns
Is it coaching or therapy?
Many people use the term “coaching” as a collective term for support. Our work is therapeutically based process work with the family system. It is not technique-oriented, but rather relationship- and process-oriented.
At the same time, we work without assigning blame or pathologising. The focus is on relationships, inner processes and systemic understanding.
How does this work differ from relationship coaching?
Relationship coaching is often solution- and goal-oriented and works with methods, tasks or communication rules.
Family therapy process work goes deeper: it incorporates unconscious patterns, attachment experiences, projections and loyalties. Communication is not trained, but understood and changed in the context of relationships.
How does this differ from consulting?
Counselling is mostly advisory and orientational. Process work is supportive and experience-oriented.
The focus is not on the question “What should we do?”, but rather “What is happening here between us and what does this system need in order to change?”
Is this comparable to cash therapy?
Cash therapy is part of a healthcare system with fixed guidelines, such as diagnoses, treatment logic and time quotas.
Our work takes place outside this system. This allows for greater flexibility in the composition of participants, the frequency of meetings, and the content of discussions.
What is family therapy relationship work?
Therapeutic work with family systems.
We work with families and all members involved, as well as their relationships with each other (relationship coaching, couples counselling, family counselling). The specific composition (parents, couples, children, individuals) is determined by the process and the respective issue.
The focus is on relationships, dynamics and systemic understanding, not on diagnoses, blame or quick fixes.
What does individual work mean within a co-therapeutic process?
Within a co-therapeutic process, it may be useful to hold sessions with individual family members from time to time.
These meetings are part of the overall process.
How long does couples or family therapy last?
That depends on your issues and goals. Many clients feel a change after just a few sessions.
Individual and family proceedings usually take place every two to three weeks.
Group courses comprise ten sessions with fixed dates.
What do structured group courses look like?
In addition to individual and family processes, structured group courses are offered.
Parent Course – Relationship Work within the Family System:
– Online group process
– 10 sessions
Couples Course – Relationship Work within the Couple and Family System:
– Online group process
– 10 sessions
Who is this work suitable for?
For families, parents and couples who are prepared to take responsibility and understand relationships as a joint process.
It is not suitable for people who expect only quick solutions, techniques or pure symptom treatment.