Leslie Has Been in Weekly Therapy for 6 Months but Doesn't

question 138

Multiple Choice

Leslie has been in weekly therapy for 6 months but doesn't feel that her therapist is providing useful techniques to deal with her anxiety.When she voices this concern,the therapist first reminds her that the goal of therapy is to gain insight into the underlying causes of her anxiety and then proceeds to analyze this resistance.After the session,Leslie considers discontinuing therapy but decides to continue because she already has a good deal of time and money invested in it.Leslie's therapy is _____,and her decision making reflects _____.

• A)psychoanalysis;transference
• B)psychoanalysis;the sunk-cost fallacy
• C)person-centreed therapy;the need for achievement.
• D)person-centreed therapy;the conjunction fallacy.

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