Marriage and Family Therapists

Community and Social Service Occupations · Job Skills & Competencies · SOC 21-1013 · 338 skills

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Encourage individuals and family members to develop and use skills and strategies for confronting their problems in a constructive manner.
Ask questions that will help clients identify their feelings and behaviors.
Develop and implement individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behavior, and other personal issues.

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ljg-relationship

lijigang/ljg-skills

Relationship analyst combining structural diagnostics (5-layer framework) with psychoanalytic depth (transference, unconscious patterns, resistance). Guides users through dialogue to "see" the real structure of their relationship issues. Use when user says "关系分析", "分析关系", "relationship", "人际关系", or describes a specific relationship problem they want to understand.

parenting-psychology

LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills

Emotional and developmental parenting guidance for ages 0-18. Use when someone is struggling with child behavior, needs age-appropriate expectations, wants discipline strategies that work, or is overwhelmed by parenting.

blended-family-plan

mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Plan the merging of two families thoughtfully — roles, rules, routines, and relationships — so a blended household starts on the right foot instead of a collision. Use when asked to help blend our families, moving in with my partner and their kids, step-parenting help, or how to merge two households. Produces a read on the situation and its sensitivities, an approach to step-parent roles and discipline, a plan to align house rules and routines across homes, ways to build relationships at each child's pace, and how to handle exes and loyalty binds — realistic, not idealized. Not therapy.

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ljg-relationship

lijigang/ljg-skills

Relationship analyst combining structural diagnostics (5-layer framework) with psychoanalytic depth (transference, unconscious patterns, resistance). Guides users through dialogue to "see" the real structure of their relationship issues. Use when user says "关系分析", "分析关系", "relationship", "人际关系", or describes a specific relationship problem they want to understand.

parenting-psychology

LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills

Emotional and developmental parenting guidance for ages 0-18. Use when someone is struggling with child behavior, needs age-appropriate expectations, wants discipline strategies that work, or is overwhelmed by parenting.

blended-family-plan

mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Plan the merging of two families thoughtfully — roles, rules, routines, and relationships — so a blended household starts on the right foot instead of a collision. Use when asked to help blend our families, moving in with my partner and their kids, step-parenting help, or how to merge two households. Produces a read on the situation and its sensitivities, an approach to step-parent roles and discipline, a plan to align house rules and routines across homes, ways to build relationships at each child's pace, and how to handle exes and loyalty binds — realistic, not idealized. Not therapy.

conflict-deescalation

mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Calm a heated conflict — in person or in writing — before it does damage, by lowering the temperature instead of winning the point. Use when asked help me de-escalate this, this argument is getting heated, calm this situation down, or how do I respond without making it worse. Produces a read on what's actually driving the heat (often an unmet need under the surface argument), the de-escalation moves (acknowledge, slow down, find the shared ground), what to say and what to avoid, and how to steer toward resolution once the temperature drops — because you can't solve anything while everyone's activated.

in-law-boundary-scripts

mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Set a boundary with in-laws or extended family kindly and clearly — the words to say, a united-front approach with your partner, and a plan for the pushback. Use when asked how to set a boundary with my in-laws, my mother-in-law keeps [X], deal with overbearing family, or what to say to my partner's family. Produces a read on the actual issue, a warm-but-firm script for the specific situation, a partner-alignment plan (the couple presents together), how to hold the line when they push back, and de-escalation so it protects the relationships rather than blowing them up.

long-distance-relationship-plan

mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Build a plan to keep a long-distance relationship close and healthy — communication rhythms, visits, shared experiences, and a shared sense of the finish line. Use when asked to help with a long-distance relationship, how to make LDR work, we're going long distance, or keep our relationship strong apart. Produces a communication rhythm that fits both schedules and time zones, ideas for shared experiences across the distance, a visit and cost plan, ways to handle the hard parts (jealousy, loneliness, resentment), and an honest 'the plan' conversation about the end goal.

relationship-check-in

mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Run a calm, regular relationship check-in with your partner — a structured 'how are we doing' conversation that catches small things before they become big ones. Use when asked how to check in with my partner, we need to talk about our relationship, set up a relationship check-in, or improve communication with my partner. Produces a simple check-in structure (appreciations, what's working, what needs attention, needs and asks), ground rules that keep it safe not combative, prompts to surface the real stuff, a cadence that fits you, and a note on when an issue is bigger than a check-in.

repair-after-a-fight

mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Repair a relationship after an argument — reconnect, own your part, and rebuild trust — instead of the cold silence that lets damage set. Use when asked how do I make up after a fight, repair things after an argument, reconnect after we fought, or fix things with someone I hurt. Produces a read on what actually needs repairing (the incident vs the deeper hurt), a genuine repair approach (own your part specifically, acknowledge their hurt, no fake apology), the words to reopen, and how to rebuild rather than just move on — because unrepaired fights compound, and the repair matters more than never fighting.

sibling-care-summit

mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Get siblings onto one team about aging parents before the crisis does it for them — a structured family meeting with an agenda that prevents old-roles regression, a fair-not-equal division of care work (money, time, and proximity counted honestly), decision rules for when parents can't decide, and the written summary that prevents six months of 'nobody told me'. Use when someone says 'my siblings and I need to talk about mum', 'my brother does nothing', 'we keep fighting about dad's care', or before a parent's health forces it. Produces the summit agenda, the care-share worksheet, and the family memo.

aging-parent-talks

mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Summarise what Aging Parent Talks does in one line. Use when asked to [trigger phrases the user would say]. Produces [the concrete artifact].

sibling-care-summit

mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Summarise what Sibling Care Summit does in one line. Use when asked to [trigger phrases the user would say]. Produces [the concrete artifact].

care-decision-family-meeting

mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Run a family meeting to make a big care decision together — so it's a shared, informed decision instead of a fight or one person deciding alone. Use when asked help me run a family meeting about care, we need to decide together about mom's care, my siblings and I disagree about our parent, or facilitate a care decision. Produces an agenda and structure for the meeting, how to prepare (facts, options, everyone's input), ground rules to keep old family dynamics from derailing it, how to include the person being cared for, ways to work through disagreement toward a decision, and clear next steps with owners — turning an emotional, conflict-prone conversation into a productive one. Not legal, medical, or financial advice.