"...and the humor. Families in difficult situations are likely to become very grim, morbidly dedicated to their issues and positions (p.112)."
"Humor is one means the therapist can use to try to break this grim mood, hoping to wake the family out of the hypnotic trance where all is desperation and struggle...We can encourage them to change their mood by getting them to begin to laugh at themselves - just a little, anyway."
The Family Crucible by Napier & Whitaker
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