Rober and Seltzer (2010) introduced the concept of therapists acting as colonizers during therapy. Rober and Seltzer illustrated their points of view with examples from their therapy sessions to avoid assigning blame. Their work has substance. They state that the intention of most who enter the field of psychology is to help people. Repeatedly over time, history has seen conquerors “help” groups of people become more civilized. Technology is often introduced or forced on people because, supposedly, new methods present better and more efficient ways to harvest or grow. Has anyone considered how the new subjects lived and worked before the invasion of the conquerors? How did they do without new fertilizers full of harmful chemicals and machines that left people out of work? This is what happens when the attitude of a conqueror or therapist is not checked at the door, and instead the therapist is allowed to know what is right for a patient without further investigation. Again, what is the reason we study psychology? Is it to help people or is it to help people help themselves? The last question implies an interest in learning about the resources and culture of those we wish to help. Because if we want to help people help themselves, we need to be able to understand and understand the resources they or their people already have before we start fixing things. Do therapists intend to circumvent the family's resources and networks by intervening? Most likely not. Winning over or saving a family from the evil of the world can happen too easily when therapists rush in and don't take a step back to evaluate the process as they go. He steals... middle of paper... he goes to school. When the therapist began asking questions for further insight, he discovered that the mother's inaction was actually due to previous experiences growing up in a sometimes violent environment. Rober and Seltzer (2010) achieved the same result, namely that of greater customer trust and the feeling of being understood in different ways. This is what I consider the required element in family therapy: realizing that the sum is greater than the parts and must be treated as such. No person exists as an island cut off from all humanity. Contact may be limited or uncomfortable, but it exists. These three therapies all recognize this basic premise and as such present complementary support to good relationships within the client's circle as they begin to sort through their baggage to decide what to move forward with and what to leave behind..