The family therapy is a kind of therapy which developed when the observation was made on importance of family structure during the individual therapy improvement process. Family therapy, which appears to be regaining its importance amongst the therapy methods, has a dillerent model of approach. As apposed to the other therapy methods, family intends to improve family rather than individual. The therapy was developed over the years in line with observati on of the professionals which observed their patients feel ill when they returned to their problematic families. The schizophrenics were the first patients handled by the early family therapy practitioners. Family structure has been changing in Turkey where the professionals need for the therapy has emerged. The family therapy also needs schools to apply its principals and there has been a number of methods which provides basis for the therapy. The family therapy has also been employed in a wide range of psychiatric disorder. As the diso ı-der imbalance the family and its dynamics. We reviewed the family therapy, social changes and its applications to clinical practice