How do family therapists use paradoxical intention?
a) This is an Adlerian term for a process that is used only in individual therapy.
b) The counselor may instruct a family member or the entire family to repeat a symptom instead of resisting it.
c) The counselor instructs the family to try an activity with different results. For instance, if they always fight when they go on a picnic together, the counselor would challenge them to have a picnic without fighting.
d) The counselor would have two family members trade roles in the family for a period of time.
e) The counselor would come up with a first order change that has nothing to do with the presenting problem.
Answer: b
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