Most family therapists who work with couples concentrate on ______
a) exploring the marital partners' childhoods to understand the source of the current conflicts
b) desensitization techniques to help the marital partners become more tolerant of each other
c) changing the behavior of the person in the marriage who is the source of the couple's problems
d) improving the couple's patterns of communication so they can find better ways of solving their problems
ANS: d
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. true b. false