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Let’s assume Michelle didn’t make her college basketball team, but instead of moving on, she keeps feeling and noticing all of her personal weaknesses and poor abilities in many different areas. For the most part Michelle contains these feelings and they don’t affect her behavior much. Which term best describes her condition?

Why is honoring the body and a focus on assessment of clients’ attitudes toward their bodies an important element of feminist therapy?

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison wrote [BLANK-1]. This work was designed to convince the American people of the necessity of ratifying the Constitution.

Which of the following terms is viewed as consistent with Adler’s early concept of fictional finalism or fictional goals?

[BLANK-1] occurred mostly in port cities along the Atlantic Seaboard. Men were usually the first to come to the United States and they would later send for their families. These new Americans were poorer than most and lacked the capital, education, and skills needed to buy a farm or operate as an artisan. They tended to settle in large coastal cities in the Northeast and work in low-skill, low-wage urban jobs. They were frequently compared to African Americans and newspapers of the era depicted them with apelike features.

Which three life tasks did Adler himself believe individuals must face in the world? 

What was Perls referring to when he said that clients get stage fright? Hint: This concept is based on a Freudian quote: “Thinking is trial work.”

A therapist says to her client: “You say you’re feeling fine, but your face is showing me an angry expression.” Which strategy is the therapist using?

A therapist practicing individual psychology consulted her friend, an existential therapist, for advice on a technique to use with her depressed client. Her friend’s advice was:

Glasser’s concept of total behavior includes which four distinct but inseparable components that are always occurring simultaneously?