In Strategic and Systemic approaches, how is the therapist described?

• A. Therapist is very active.
• B. Therapist is passive.
• C. Therapist solely uses psychodynamic insight.
• D. Therapist only observes.

Answer: (A)

In Strategic and Systemic approaches, the therapist is seen as an active shaper of the therapeutic process. Rather than staying on the sidelines, they design and implement concrete directives, reframing the problem, and sometimes assigning tasks or paradoxical interventions to alter how family members interact. This active, task-oriented stance aims to disrupt patterns that keep the problem going and to promote new ways of relating within the system. The emphasis is on guiding change through purposeful actions in sessions and homework, not on passive listening or solely generating insight.