Kelly,an Accountant in Her Mid-30s,seeks Help with a Variety of Concerns.She

question 25

Multiple Choice

Kelly,an accountant in her mid-30s,seeks help with a variety of concerns.She notes being unhappy in her career,having few friends,and having a potential phobia with spiders that she notes is "annoying more than anything." Her counsellor notes a new approach she just learned with overcoming phobias and proposes this as an easy place to begin treatment.Based on the chapter,the counsellor should ____.

• A)start with the career concerns since it was mentioned first
• B)focus on the problem that,if handled,will lead to some kind of general improvement
• C)work on the problem she feels most confident addressing
• D)work on all three problems at the same time

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Definitions:

Receives Stimuli

The capacity of an organism or system to respond to environmental signals or changes.

Dendrite

is a tree-like extension of a neuron that receives electrical impulses from other neurons.

Axon

An axon is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Myelin Sheath

A fatty layer that surrounds the axons of some nerve cells, serving to speed up the electrical communication between neurons.