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Reframing
Reframing is a common technique used in Family Therapy as it can prove very effective in removing or rather working around stubborn obstacle
of behaviour. Typically reframing is used to re-categorize conflict trigger behaviour into something more acceptable. The classic example is the
parent that nags and interrogates the teenager that has returned home late from a date. The idea being is if the teenager can see this behaviour not
as the actions of a parent showing lack of trust or anger at perceived disobedience but as the actions of a concerned and worried parent then the
behaviour would be viewed differently. Reframing is therefore the technique used to try and resolve conflict by reclassifying a negative behaviour
into a more favourable and acceptable light.