Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Therapist Challenges Family Homeostasis

"As she (the therapist) accommodates to the family and selects data, she may be seduced into selecting precisely the data that the family feels comfortable presenting.  The therapist's job is to help the family change, not to keep them comfortable."
From Minuchin, S. & Fishman, H.C. (1981). Family Therapy Techniques.  Harvard University Press.  Cambridge, MA.
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