Therapies

Family Counseling history

Establishmentof the Family Counselor profession

• 1920s United States and then Latin America.
• In the 1940s it spread to France and then other European states.
• 1948 Italy. Don Paolo Liggeri founded LA CASA family counseling center in Milan to support, help and listen to families devastated and worn out by war.

Foundation of the Family Counselors association

• 5 February 1977 AICCeF – Association of Marital and Family Protection Counselors of the professionalism of the Family Counselors.

Birth of training schools for Family Counselors

• 1976 the first school was born in Rome (SICOF) then others were born in various parts of Italy.

Why this denomination?

• The Family Counselor denomination was derived from Marriage Counselor.
• A Family Counselor carries out his activity mainly in family counseling.
• A Family Counselor mainly helps and supports couples and families.

Definitions of the Family Counselor

A Family Counselor is a "socio-educational professional, expert in the helping relationship who, through conversation and active listening, welcoming-empathic-non-judgmental, implementing personal attitudes and specific methodologies helps and accompanies the person, the couple or the family in a situation of difficulty, suffering, discomfort or discomfort, to mobilize internal and external resources to evaluate possible solutions or autonomous and responsible choices... but also to prevent the discomfort from worsening and turning into a pathology".

"A Family Counselor favors the emergence of the subject in his uniqueness and in the totality of his being; directs his attention, his human sensitivity towards the emotions and feelings that the client manifests in his experience in the here and now."

(Centered therapy – C.Rogers, Counseling)

“The man of relationships and listening, who helps the person to become aware of their own way of being in relationship with themselves, with their partner and with others...…” “the Counselor's task is to to receive and to listen without absolutely imposing himself... he who does not allow himself to be dominated by preconceptions or prejudices.... He is not and must never be, a kind of director of conscience and much less a kind of healer..."

Don Paolo Liggeri

Individual Counseling

Counseling is not a passive process, though Cinzia Nardinocchi strives to offer a comfortable setting. Cinzia and her clients work together to set positive, practical goals to overcome difficult emotions and circumstances.

Cinzia supports the individual/client so that they can independently continue to pursue life-long growth and transformation. During our sessions, the ultimate goal is always to aid people with learning about themselves, getting painful experiences over with, and finding the best solutions to erase their frustrations.

But with that said, Cinzia's treatment plans are never a “one-size-fits-all.” Instead, they are individually tailored to help individuals overcome the most complicated, challenging, or confusing of circumstances.

Family Counseling

Family Counseling is a discipline of therapy whose goal is to find solutions to resolve challenges and complexities that inevitably arise in family life. Also called marriage and family therapy (MFT), family counselers work to enhance communication amongst family members and adjust those "dysfunctioned" dynamics between members of a family.

Although the terms family counseling and family therapy are often mixed up, it is worth noticing that family counseling, like other forms of counseling, may be defined by some clinicians as having a shorter lifespan and more geared towards solutions than family therapy.