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People with Real Problems...

... don't talk about them constantly.  I've learned through the years that the people with the most serious problems don't sit around complaining.  I have constantly been amazed - and humbled - by the way some of my clients face true adversity and overcome incredible obstacles.

The Scapegoat as Truth Teller for the Family

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. - George Bernard Shaw

The Scapegoat in a family system is often the one who tells (or acts out) the truth in the family, the elephant in the living room that no one is talking about.  It is this act of truth telling that makes them the target for family rebuke and this is why they are often the first person the therapist wants to talk to.