Author Question: What value do lenses have for a family therapist? A. They allow family practitioners to consider ... (Read 29 times)

maegan_martin · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

What value do lenses have for a family therapist?

A. They allow family practitioners to consider multiple perspectives rather than be locked into a single viewpoint
B. In every family, each family member will need a different lens to fully understand and participate in their own system
C. Each lens will create a different language in which you can create a joint therapeutic action
D. Like putting on different glasses, one lens will help you see clearly while the other seven will only blur the picture

Question 2

Conducting an assessment is not an objective process. Different approaches conduct different assessments, meaning:

A. The field has no evidence-based practices
B. What people listen for shapes what understanding they have of the family and the problem the family brings to therapy
C. Models must be integrated in order to develop a more factual analysis
D. Structural family therapists and narrative therapists, for example, ask the same questions but come to different conclusions

bdobbins · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A. They allow family practitioners to consider multiple perspectives rather than be locked into a single viewpoint

Answer to Question 2

B. What people listen for shapes what understanding they have of the family and the problem the family brings to therapy