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Marital and Family Therapy

Category - Assessment

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Conversational Connie comes to the assessment appointment with her husband, Mute Michael. From the beginning, you sense that the two of them have difficulty communicating. But as you watch, you begin to notice a pattern between the two that makes conversation difficult. Most often, that pattern will be:
  1. Advance/retreat
  2. Singular/plural
  3. Wet/dry
  4. Popular/Unpopular
Explanation
Answer - A - Advance/retreat is a common couples issue that makes it difficult to communicate on a regular basis. So many things are opposite, like the other options above, but more than opposites, advance/retreat can become a way of communicating nonverbally with one another that may turn passive-aggressive very quickly. On the other hand, it could teach the couple quite a bit of patience.
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