Family Cohesiveness: Therapeutic Approaches And Frameworks

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It is always a valid reminder to appreciate the achievements and failures of past therapeutic approaches and frameworks. I think it was entertaining to promote a quick fix therapy for a problem to be processed in ten sessions versus the long-term modalities. From a marketing perspective of a family, it is engaging to be able to repair the issue immediately so is that life can go on. Understandably, families came to these sessions to have a therapist resolve their single issue. In regards to longevity of the effectiveness, I do not see the value in the ability to maintain family cohesiveness, for it focuses on a single issue. Contrary to this statement, the treatments effectiveness relies on the families ability to follow through on direction

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