Working with multiple clients of a family
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Give an analysis of how a therapist would determine to work with a family as a whole (example, child, mother, father, grandparents, etc.), bring in family when the situation merits, or see members of a family or couple individually during the course of therapy. Describe at least one potential risk and benefit in each scenario. Explain how a therapist might minimize the risks the describe by a therapist.
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This solution provides a short essay on how to work with members of the same family. The explanation is given in 335 words with one reference.
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This situation is common in several scenarios; 1) a spouse seeking counseling in contemplation of divorce, and 2) parents seeking counseling for an adolescent with behavior problems. In both situation on any other, a therapist could work with both the individual and also the family as a whole. The parents could bring the adolescent, with an eating disorder, in and just have them see the therapist and through counseling discover that the father has a gambling problem. Then ...
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