"We must help families to find coherence within complexity. Bateson's apt metaphor, "We are called to join in a dance whose steps must be learned along the way. Even in uncertainty we are responsible for our steps."
Amid the swirling confusions and uphevals, Bateson (1994) urges us to encourage families to carry on the process of learning throughout the life cycle in all they do, ". . . like a mother balancing her child on her hip as she goes about her work with the other hand and uses it to open the doors of the unknown" The ability to combine multiple roles and adapt to new challenges can be learned. Encouraging such vision and skills is a core element of strengths-based approaches to family therapy."
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