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Student: “I’ve been extremely anxious lately.  I have diffic…

Student: “I’ve been extremely anxious lately.  I have difficulty focusing in class and my grades are going down.  My house got broken into recently and I haven’t been sleeping well at night. I am afraid it is going to happen again. I feel like everything is spinning out of control. I am scared and constantly afraid. This is the worst feeling in the world. I want to feel secure again.  I want to do better in school, but I can’t seem to concentrate.’  Even though this is challenging, it sounds like you are taking steps to heal and move forward in a positive direction. What is your reaction to this? This is an example of: 

Questions 11 – 13 are in refer to the excerpt below: “Wh…

Questions 11 – 13 are in refer to the excerpt below: “Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us, with the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others…. Here too is the design and end of government, Freedom and Security.”  – Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 “[G]overnments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”   – Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 1776  The excerpts were written in response to the: