For children and adolescent clients, we can conduct family therapy as needed. As products of their environment, children especially are molded by their caregivers. To that extent, they have little control over situations impacting them as young children, with more control as they progress through adolescence. 

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As my experience in Community Mental Health as a children's therapist, I have found that working with the parent/caregiver is of utmost importance in therapeutic success.   I encourage parents to request a family therapy session whenever they think a situation needs addressing in therapy. Often, the family therapy "portion" of the session need not take the entire hour, especially if the client wants to have their individual time!