Abstract
In this paper we describe the techniques we use with families who come to one of the first sessions without a member of the nuclear family or a member of the household who have been invited by the therapist. In this early phase when the team is explicitly in the process of making a decision concerning the therapy, we consider it most advisable to refuse to hold the session. The refusal of a family which tries to impose its rules can assert the therapist's authority, but it acquires a therapeutic effect if the therapist sends the family away with an input aimed at upsetting the family's organization.
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