How Might a Therapist Know That the Client Has Achieved

question 14

Multiple Choice

How might a therapist know that the client has achieved personal growth and successfully navigated developmental tasks, thereby achieving self-actualization?

• A) Self-actualization is a life-long process, therefore only the client will know when they have achieved self- actualization.
• B) The therapist will know that the client has achieved self- actualization when the client is no longer attending sessions regularly.
• C) Self-actualization is too difficult to quantify and therefore impossible for a client or therapist to articulate.
• D) The therapist will know that the client is making progress towards self- actualization when the client is no longer experiencing symptoms at the individual level and they are able to function in most areas of daily life.

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Definitions:

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