Yes, family therapy would seem to be ideal if you can get it.
It is often thought to be the case in situations like this that a child with difficult behaviour is actually the designated 'symptom holder' for unacknowledged issues between the adults in the family (parents, siblings, grandparents etc.).
Cross generational alliances are not good for the child.
This sort of thing has gone on in my own family and I know it's not easy to see what is going on, or change anything, without professional help.
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