A theoretical-critical analysis is presented regarding the possibilities of parental disabilities psychotherapy, mandated by Family Courts. The mechanisms of power that operate in the relationship between the State, the judicial apparatus and the mental health devices are reviewed. Tensions and risks of the mandated psychotherapy are identified, given it would not recognize the contextual, historical and relational particularity in which it emerges, nor its political reach. Thus, this form of psychotherapy would be far from favoring social transformationSe presenta un análisis teórico-crítico respecto de las  posibilidades de la psicoterapia de habilidades parentales, demandada por Tribunales de Familia. Se revisan los mecanismos de poder que operan en la relación entre el Estado, el aparato judicial y los dispositivos de salud mental, identificando tensiones y riesgos éticos de la psicoterapia mandatada, la que parece no reconocer la particularidad contextual, histórica y relacional en que emerge, ni sus alcances políticos, que parecen  no favorecer la transformación social.