When it is used
Use it when differences in perception, position, role, behavior, or relationship are clinically relevant to understanding the presenting problem.
Triadic / Difference Questions
Triadic / Difference Questions is a co-completed systemic questioning configuration for family practitioners. It helps practitioners ask practitioner-entered triadic or difference questions, capture responses about relationships between members, and review networked differences relevant to the presenting problem.
Set up a sample family network and review captured differences.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
Prompt handling
The product does not invent substantive prompts. The practitioner supplies the triadic or difference questions used in session.
Limits
The tool organizes networked differences but does not produce objective relationship truth, diagnostic judgments, or unsupported scores.
What makes this different from ordinary self-report?
It captures perspectives about relationships, roles, or differences involving other family members, not only a person's report about themselves.
Are question prompts built in?
No. The practitioner enters the triadic or difference questions because fixed prompts are not supplied by the specification.
What happens if a response lacks comparison targets?
The response can be retained, but it cannot be fully placed in the networked comparison view until targets are identified.