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What happens when there are two therapists in the room? In systemic family therapy, having 2 therapists in the room creates a powerful space where families feel deeply heard from more than one perspective. Instead of blame or quick fixes, two therapists widen the lens, reduce defensiveness, and help families move beyond stuck patterns. This unique approach in Family Therapy supports healthier communication, emotional safety, and lasting relational change.

Recent media attention on the Beckham family highlights a reality many families recognise: estrangement rarely happens overnight. From a systemic family therapy perspective, distance between parents and adult children often develops through years of unmet needs, misunderstandings, and unsafe conversations. This blog explores why estrangement is not about blame, but about patterns, protection, and the loss of emotional safety — and what families can learn from it.

When emotions feel dangerous at home, families often fall into silence, control, or conflict — not because they don’t care, but because emotions were never safe to express. Through Systemic Family Therapy we explore how culture, gender, and generational beliefs shape communication and behaviour. At Rainbow Family Therapy UK, we help families rebuild safety, connection, and understanding through trauma-informed, relational work.

When one family member struggles, it’s easy to assume they’re the problem. But difficulties in families rarely sit inside one person alone. In this blog, systemic family therapist Pei-I Yang explains why family therapy — rather than individual therapy alone — helps families of all ages understand patterns, reduce conflict, and create lasting change together. From children to adult family members, this work looks at relationships, not blame.

When families struggle — whether it’s conflict between parents, difficult children/teenage behaviour, breakdowns in communication with adult children, long-standing patterns repeating across generations, or overwhelming stress in the home — the question many people ask is: “Who can help us?” On the surface, the answer seems simple: Find a therapist who works with families. But here’s the part most people don’t realise: In the UK, not everyone is fully qualified to offer fami

As a family therapist specialising in adolescent behaviour and systemic family patterns, I often see that sister dynamics are shaped long before conflict even begins — sometimes before either child is even born. How Early Experiences Set the Stage Pregnancy and birth experiences matter more than we think. If one child was born during a highly stressful time — such as parental conflict, loss, or trauma — and the other during a calmer, more secure period, the family may unconsc

At Rainbow Family Therapy , we see what many others miss. When a parent sits across from me and says, “We’ve tried everything and nothing works,” or when a social worker sighs and says, “This family is stuck and we don’t know how to move forward,” I know we are standing at the edge of something deeper. High conflict in families is rarely about one argument, one person, or one behaviour. It is a signal that something within the system is crying out for attention, for understan