When a Patient Comes in Complaining of a Headache, the Therapist

question 13

Multiple Choice

When a patient comes in complaining of a headache, the therapist views the headache as the tip of a mental iceberg, with the real problem hidden in the deep unconscious. Which type of therapy would this represent?

• A) psychoanalytic
• B) behavioural
• C) cognitive
• D) existential

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