Instead of Focusing Just on Individual Family Members, Family Therapists

question 42

Multiple Choice

Instead of focusing just on individual family members, family therapists usually try to understand how each family member interacts with, and contributes to, the overall family dynamic. This is referred to as _____________.

• A) therapeutic alliance
• B) the systems approach
• C) insight therapy
• D) object relations therapy

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Definitions:

Preoperational

The Preoperational stage is the second stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, occurring from ages 2 to 7, where children begin to engage in symbolic play but lack the ability to perform operations or see things from the perspective of others.

Words

Symbols or combinations of letters that represent or convey meaning in spoken or written language.

Actions

The process or act of doing something, typically to achieve an aim or to navigate in one's environment.

Sensorimotor

Pertaining to the processing of sensory information to produce motor activity; often related to developmental stages in infants.