New challenges in family problems

Family and Social Solidarity Minister Dolores Cristina said that professionals in the caring field were facing new challenges when working with families.

The rise in family problems, the different family settings and complex family dynamics required that professionals be equipped with new ways of dealing with problems encountered in the course of their work, she said.

She said the agency Appogg was making this possible through constant investment in training not only for its staff but also for other professionals.

Ms Cristina was speaking at the launch of a training course in family therapy and applied systematic theory in the field.

150 professionals have so far successfully completed introductory, intermediate and advanced level courses in Systemic Thinking.