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Which therapist would be least concerned about the client achieving insight or gaining awareness of the root of their problem?

Narrative therapists believe the person is always the problem.

Which of the following would NOT be a primary topic of discussion for an existential therapist?

Systemic desensitization is a well known behavioral technique that is effective in treating which disorders?

Client: I dont know why I am so scared to commit. I have been with my girlfriend for years. I know she loves me. I really see a future with her. I am just too terrified to move forward. What is wrong with me?” Therapist: You have repressed feelings of abandonment stemming from the way your mom treated you as a child. This is called a reaction formation. You are essentially pushing her away so that she cannot abandon you like your mother did.” What type of therapist is this?

A behaviorist would teach a client how to meditate/be mindful because they know someone cannot be anxious and mindful at the same time.

Psychoanalysis and existentialism both view anxiety as a pretty normal occurrence. Although they disagree on where it stems from.

When the client appears to be responding to the therapist but is in fact projecting their own issues from the past. Freud called this ________

Empowerment is the most fundamental technique of which therapeutic orientation?

Encouragement is Reality therapy’s most important (and well known) technique.