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Marital and Family Therapy

Category - Treatment

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When establishing a story for herself, young Isabella begins by telling her therapist “I have always been depressed and alone.” Her therapist stops her and encourages her to be very real with herself. He wants to know “What story do you really want to tell?” He is helping her to step away from:
  1. Powerful images
  2. Stories that cause increased anxiety
  3. Problem-saturated stories
  4. Optimum stories
Explanation
Answer - C - Narrative therapists begin by identifying problem saturated stories and continue therapy by encouraging their clients to identify which solutions they would like to pursue and which changes they would like to see made. Changes that are made are designed to add to the ongoing story of continued success they sought therapy to achieve.
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