Question A: One thing Dr. Krumboldz and Robin’s did during their session was they made a list of alternatives Robin could do to deal with her mother-in-law. Robin is having a hard time dealing with her mother-in-law’s negative comments regarding her marriage. Robin is in a difficult place because it would be problematic to cut all ties with her own husband’s mother. I believe that discussing alternative methods of dealing with her unfortunate situation could help her think of the pros and cons before coming to a decision. With each alternative they went into depth about what would be involved with that process and the pros and cons of each. In particular, with the alternative of setting ground rules with her mother-in-law they established
