This week in Adolescent and Family group...

This week in our Adolescent and Family group we are reviewing the Middle Path module.  The Middle Path module helps us specifically with navigating adolescent-family dilemmas by using dialectics and validation.  Dialectics is a way of viewing the world in which there is more than one way to see a problem.  Often when families get into a conflict, they go to extremes.  Dialectics helps us to try and find a middle path that honors both sides of a dilemma.  Validation can also help us in a conflict by communicating to another person that their thoughts or feelings make sense and are understandable.  Validation also helps to decrease the emotional intensity of a situation.