According to Minuchin, restructuring the family system involves the use of techniques intended to unbalance (or stress) the family's:
a. symptoms. c. communication.
b. homeostasis. d. boundaries.
Question 2
For the past six months, a husband and wife have been fighting nearly every night before bedtime and typically end up sleeping in separate rooms. A strategic family therapist is most likely to tell the couple to:
a. continue to fight and sleep in separate rooms for the next two weeks.
b. schedule their fights for the morning instead of at night for the next two weeks.
c. develop more symmetrical communication patterns.
d. think as clearly as possible about how their own parents would fight.