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Regardless of their theoretical orientation or mode and place of practice, every therapist has had the disappointing and frustrating experience of “resistance to therapy” in the form of missed or canceled first appointments. For the family therapist, this becomes an even more common and complex issue because more than one individual needs to be engaged to come to treatment.
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Szapocznik, J., Perez-Vidal, A., Hervis, O., Brickman, A.L., Kurtines, W.M. (1990). Innovations in Family Therapy Strategies for Overcoming Resistance to Treatment. In: Wells, R.A., Giannetti, V.J. (eds) Handbook of the Brief Psychotherapies. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2127-7_5
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