Strategic Family Therapy utilizes the idea of paradoxical interventions or approaches that appear to work opposite a desired goal for the client, thus reducing resistance An example would be directing a family to spend less time together when the goal is for them to spend more time together.

Reflecting on this week’s scripture (Romans 7:15), develop and discuss your thoughts on how we as individuals and families lead a paradoxical life.

Romans 7:15

15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.

Book were using: Nichols, Michael P. (2011). The essentials of family therapy, 5th. ed. Boston, MA. Allyn & Bacon.

Walls, Jeanette (2006) The glass castle: A memoir. NY, NY. Scribner.

The Essentials of Family Therapy, Chapter 6: Strategic Family Therapy;