Kingston Health Sciences Centre is committed to using three family therapy
modalities with their clients at the Child and Youth Mental Health Clinic. Ecosystemic
Structural Family Therapy, Emotion Focused Family Therapy, and Dialectical Behaviour
Therapy are evidenced-based interventions, sometimes used as the sole method of
therapy, but often times as an adjunct to other techniques for children and youth afflicted
with mental health challenges. This thesis is an analysis of the three methods, using the
literature review to provide context, and eliciting examples from three families, that were
counseled throughout a five-month period.
