"Throughout the course of therapy the children and especially the mother invite the therapist to intervene and set limits. The pressure is tremendous for the therapist to activate and 'help this family into shape.'
The therapeutic goal remains, however, to get the mother to assume the role of the leader for her family. For the therapist to assume this job would only allow the mother to continue as a helpless person.
The correct intervention for the therapist in this situation consists of resisting the induction into the role of 'helper' for the family. Otherwise, he will only contribute to the mother's displacement from an executive role."
From Minuchin, S. & Fishman, H.C. (1981). Family Therapy Techniques. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, MA.
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