Couple / family therapy
Structured therapy involving a couple or family unit together, addressing communication patterns, conflict resolution, and relational dynamics.
What it is & how it works
Structured therapy involving a couple or family unit together, rather than an individual alone, focused on communication patterns, conflict resolution, and relational or family-systems dynamics.
How it's done
Typically administered as weekly or fortnightly 60–90 minute joint sessions over roughly 8–20 sessions depending on presenting concern, delivered by a therapist trained in couple/family or systemic therapy models; both/all participants are generally expected to attend.
Conditions it treats
Why Brain Bridge
Reflects Brain Bridge's integrative, whole-person model of care — addressing the relational or family context around a patient rather than treating the individual in isolation from it.
Evidence & safety
Well-established structured therapy models exist. Outcomes depend on mutual engagement; therapy is not positioned as a guarantee of relationship continuation.
Related questions
Most sessions are joint, though some models include one or two individual sessions, often early on for history-taking, before returning to joint work. Progress is generally more limited when only one partner is consistently engaged.
It varies by presenting concern and the model used, but professional-body data suggests an average in the range of roughly 9–12 sessions for many cases, with some needing considerably more.