Marital and Family Therapy

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Even benign icebreaker questions like “How was your weekend?” can have unintended consequences because:
  1. There may not be anything to say
  2. There is an assumption about the value of someone’s time
  3. Something close to the family happened that weekend
  4. The client may have forgotten
Explanation
Answer - A - If there is nothing to say, the individual may feel embarrassed, like a failure or like less of a person. There is a tendency in human nature to want to fill in the gaps of silence with something that could be considered worthy of conversation. Be prepared when asking open ended questions to not always hear what you have come to expect.
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