A therapeutic skill used by the therapist to join with the family and become like the family members in the manner or content of their communications (e.g., joking with a jovial family or talking slowly and sparsely with a slow-talking family). The therapist also can join with the family mimetically by conveying personal experiences to its members. [Source: The Dictionary of Family Psychology and Family Therapy; mimesis]
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