Practice Quiz

Marital and Family Therapy

Category - Assessment

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When a husband and wife present for therapy, it becomes clear that they are dedicated to maintaining homeostasis by identifying each other and their difficulties in relation to the other individual. She is clearly the higher functioning of the two. Try as he might, the husband cannot present as higher functioning. Both are dedicated to:
  1. Finding a resolution
  2. Redirecting attention from the issues
  3. Making a scene
  4. Holding specific roles
Explanation
Answer - D - When families and couples have been in certain patterns for long periods of time, it has sometimes helped them to repeat those patterns, even when they prove not to be helpful or to have destructive consequences. In this case, both husband and wife have defined roles and may be having trouble understanding what the other is like.
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