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Marital and Family Therapy

Category - Ongoing

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About six weeks into therapy with a family, you are tempted to ask “How is this for you?” fully expecting the answer you’ve always heard. Instead, you change your mind and instead choose to ask the parental unit, “What are you learning about your son?” In this way, you have effectively:
  1. Shamed the parents into feeling stupid
  2. Changed the focus of the evaluation from therapist to family unit
  3. Empowered the teen to feel as if he doesn’t need therapy
  4. Left room for an answer that benefits only one party
Explanation
Answer - B - This question allows the family unit to assess itself, with you free to observe any changes that might be taking place that you might otherwise miss in the midst of providing therapy. While you haven’t quite empowered the teen fully, you’re giving him the sense that he will be empowered soon, if there is something to learn about him. Clearly, both parties can benefit from the question.
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