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APPENDIXES
Appendix 1: Sample Appointment Letter
Appointment letters should include:
Referral source and name of referrer
Invitation to the whole family
Reasons why all the household should attend
Date, time and place
Confirmation request
Brief explanation of teamwork
Main therapists name
Dear Mr & Mrs Smith & Jodie and Jonathan,
We have heard from your GP, Dr. Jones, that it might be worthwhile exploring whether family therapy could be
of help to you all. We would therefore like to offer you an appointment to come along and meet us at our
Family Therapy and Research Centre on
Wednesday 13th July at 4.30pm.
This first session would be to discuss the issues that concern you and to decide whether family therapy might be
useful. We find it helpful to meet all members of the family or household so that we can learn how things are
from everyone's point of view. We hope to see as many of you as possible for this first appointment.
We work as a team in order to generate more ideas which we hope to share with you.
There are about 5 people in the team, but the person who will be talking with you most directly is Dr. Peter
Stratton.
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