Chris Is in Counselling with a Therapist Who Never Gives

question 39

Multiple Choice

Chris is in counselling with a therapist who never gives him advice or directions but who often restates what Chris has said so that he can reflect on his feelings. What type of therapist is Chris seeing?

• A) person-centred
• B) behavioural
• C) cognitive
• D) psychoanalytic

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Definitions:

Desensitization Therapy

A therapeutic technique used to reduce phobias and anxieties by gradually exposing the patient to the feared object or situation in a controlled manner.

Classical Conditioning

The approach of training through the habitual pairing of two stimuli; originally, the second stimulus induces the response, which later is induced by the first stimulus solely.

Extinction

In psychology, the diminishing of a conditioned response, typically when the reinforcement or stimulus that originally led to the response is removed.

Original Learning

The initial phase of acquiring new knowledge or skills where fundamental concepts and principles are established.