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In working with couples and families, opportunities for ethical practice are increased by combining a systems perspective with traditional approaches. Due to the paradigm shift in the field of psychology to accommodate the changing needs of service recipients:

a. the family systems perspective must focus on individualism, autonomy, and independence.
b. systemic approaches must be taughtside-by-side with individualistic approaches because many cultural groups arecollectivistic.
c. the idea that the identified client's problem is a symptom of the individual's maladjustment and psychosocialdevelopment must be reinforced.
d. the therapist must view the individual's behavior in the session only.

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Answer:b. systemic approaches must be taught side-by-side with individualistic approaches because many cultural groups are collectivistic.

Explanation:A paradigm shift, refers to a change in fundamental concepts and practices of certain concepts regarding a certain field such as psychopogy , it is also referred to as scientific Revolution.

People change over time and so is the importance of changing how we deal with psychological issues.

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