The emotional stakes feel real and earned, rather than melodramatic or forced.
“That’s not the point,” Skye shot back. “I want to have a birthday dinner where you’re both in the same room. I want to introduce my girlfriend to my whole family without having to schedule two separate weekends.”
Family therapy, also known as systemic therapy, assumes that psychological problems are not purely internal to an individual but are often maintained or reinforced by the patterns of interaction within the family.