Is it wise to present advice in the form of assessments and recommendations for therapy in a way that confidently and tacitly regards them as true and correct? Aren't the wife and the husband, at the end of the day, the only persons on earth who can know what is creating their difficulty and who can know what they need by way of remedy even if they are not yet aware they possess this knowledge? I do not ask these questions rhetorically, which is to say I do not presume to know that I myself have the correct answers to my above questions. It may be that the couple does not know what is best for them or it may be that presenting assessments and recommendations as if they were ture and correct is a good way to proceed. Actually, there may even be times when an approach of making confident assertions is better or worse than a tentative approach, depending of the situations and the persons involved. What I am sure of is that I do not konw how to answer my own questions above satisfactorily any more than I know what to say about this couple other than to suggest possibilities and avenues for possible exploration.
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