Client Perspectives of Family Therapy: A Qualitative Systematic Review

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dc.citation.issue3
dc.citation.volume51
dc.contributor.authorTodd E
dc.contributor.authorPond R
dc.contributor.authorCoomber K
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-23T03:01:48Z
dc.date.available2025-05-23T03:01:48Z
dc.date.issued2025-07
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative systematic review aimed to synthesize and discuss family members' perspectives of helpful and unhelpful factors in family therapy (FT) sessions, to benefit the application of FT interventions and training. Eleven studies met eligibility criteria and were critically appraised and thematically synthesized. Four themes resulted: therapist qualities contributing to the therapeutic alliance, practitioners' use of therapeutic techniques, intervention delivery, and family engagement with the process. Helpful factors included therapist warmth, kindness, and genuine care; therapist connecting with family in a sensitive, respectful, and nonjudgmental manner; effective use of therapeutic techniques that facilitated self-reflection, emotional expression, communication, and perspective-taking; therapy sessions conducted collaboratively with active family participation; focusing on family strengths and resources; and tailoring format to family needs. Unhelpful factors included participants sharing before ready, therapist siding with a family member, therapy process not matching family needs, and insufficient progress early on. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
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dc.edition.editionJuly 2025
dc.identifier.citationTodd E, Pond R, Coomber K. (2025). Client Perspectives of Family Therapy: A Qualitative Systematic Review. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 51. 3.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jmft.70024
dc.identifier.eissn1752-0606
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn0194-472X
dc.identifier.numbere70024
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/72938
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
dc.publisher.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jmft.70024
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Marital and Family Therapy
dc.rights(c) 2025 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectclient experiences
dc.subjectclient views
dc.subjectfamily counseling
dc.subjectfamily therapy
dc.subjectqualitative
dc.subjectsystematic review
dc.titleClient Perspectives of Family Therapy: A Qualitative Systematic Review
dc.typeJournal article
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