[Inclusion of the family in inpatient psychotherapy]

In many cases today successful psychotherapy does not seem to be conceivable without inclusion of the patient's family in the treatment. After a review of the literature the families' perception of the in-patient psychotherapy of one of their members, their transference-patterns towards the ward team, the typical counter-transference responses of the team to the family, indications and counter-indications to family therapy sessions as well as role-conflicts of the therapists are described.