A functional family therapist is working with a family who often yells. The therapist believes that yelling is unhealthy. However, the therapist first assesses how the yelling functions in the family-how it creates closeness and distance and determines hierarchy-before determining whether the yelling needs to change in the family. What is this therapist doing?

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The therapist is matching to fit the family by assessing how the yelling functions in the family before determining whether it needs to change.

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