How do family therapist go about telling parents that they are wrong?

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Thanks for your answers!How do family therapist go about telling parents that they are wrong?
If you mean telling the parents of a client then this would be unethical because the therapist would be breaking client confidentiality which is governed by the data protection act 1998.


If the parents are the clients, then this would also be unethical because a therapist should not tell clients what to do or that they are wrong. (Therapists should be non-judgemental.) The therapist would be breaching their code of ethics and the client would have grounds for complaint. The therapist would also be risking the clients psychological safety if they were to tell them that they were wrong.


If the child and parents are in therapy together, the above would still apply.








In other words, the therapist would be wrong to do this. A good therapist would know thisHow do family therapist go about telling parents that they are wrong?
When approaching parents, they first have to validate the parents feelings, then they have to state that although they understand, they do feel it would be better for their child if such-and-such took place instead and would they agree to this? Most reasonable people would do anything to help their children out of difficulty so should agree with the professional if they gave it some thought.


A therapist should always take into account a mother's instinct too.
A therapist should avoid telling anybody that they are wrong. The idea is to offer a better alternative that will appeal to the patient. Giving therapy is a lot harder than it looks.
They don't tell them they're wrong, they suggest different ways of doing things as the currnet way isn't working, if it was working they wouldn't be there so it makes sense.