What is the family counselor’s approach to person-to-person relationships within the family?
a) It is very important for the counselor to focus his or her efforts on helping the family understand its complex interdependence but not to focus on subsystems.
b) While generally family counselors want the family to realize its complex interdependence, sometimes the best tactic is to strengthen communication between a pair of family members, particularly the parents.
c) Dyads are the easiest, most manageable structure in the family so it is natural for the counselor to focus on them.
d) Family counselors try to break up subsystems in the family because they detract from the family as a whole.
e) That they are secondary to the unit.
Answer: b
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