A family you are working with in family treatment has completed the family detoxification stage in Steinglass' four-stage model. What do you do next?
A) Prepare them for the family stabilization stage.
B) Emotional stabilization is needed when alcohol is no longer an organizing factor, so you stop your treatment with them and refer them to a psychiatrist.
C) Address in the most appropriate way the family's emotional instability, which follows when alcohol is no longer the organizing factor in the family system.
D) Renegotiate a family detox contract, as relapse is most likely to occur right after the detoxification stage.

Question

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After the detoxification stage, the family may experience emotional instability as alcohol is no longer the organizing factor. The next step is to address this instability appropriately.

A Family You Are Working with in Family Treatment Has