Dax is a husband and father of two young children. He has recently started to go to AA meetings to address his alcoholism, and in addition to seeing an analyst privately, he and his wife have decided to go to couple therapy. What would be the most likely example of a goal of this couple therapy?

A. Understanding the root of Dax's drinking
B. Getting Dax to stop drinking
C. Stopping Dax from calling his wife an "idiot" when she calls him a "failure"
D. Re-establishing Dax's role in the family


Answer: C

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