Family Success Consortium: Family Relationship Quiz

Family Relationship Quiz

Family Relationships: Painful patterns of relating can emerge in family relationships. Left unaddressed, the pain of these patterns tends to cause withdrawal, anxiety, or out of control behaviors. Families can become disconnected or simply coexist in a state of tension. Family Psychotherapy can teach and facilitate communication, connection, and caring within the family.

Family Relationship Quiz

		Yes	No
1.	The children seem “in charge” of the family.
2.	Parents feel guilty saying “no” to the kids.
3.	My child/teenager is “out of control.”
4.	I feel like I’m “losing touch” with my teenager/child.
5.	As parents we have difficulty working together to discipline our children.
6.	I am a single parent and overwhelmed.
7.	Our child is acting out/seems sad/seems nervous and we don’t know why.
8.	There is a tense atmosphere in our home.
9.	We would like to be closer as a family.
10.	Our communication as a family is not as clear as we would like it to be.
	If you checked yes on any of these questions, family psychotherapy may be helpful.

Goal: The goal with families is to help them identify patterns in relationship which are causing pain or disconnection and change these patterns to facilitate happiness, communication, and connection.