title: Symptom utilization in strategic therapy.
abstract: Five techniques of symptom utilization have been presented in an interactional strategic approach. They are: utilization of peers, utilization of the desire to grow up, utilization of personal ambition and future expectations, utilization of an antagonistic relationship, and utilization of sibling rivalry. Emphasis is placed on helping the therapist develop a way of thinking to approach difficult problems.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D002668:Child Rearing; D005190:Family; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010379:Peer Group; D012801:Sibling Relations; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy