Josephine: I've Been in This "Home" for Three Years Now

question 18

Multiple Choice

Josephine: I've been in this "home" for three years now. The staff doesn't care, my family never comes, and the food is awful.​Which is the most appropriate reflection of her implicit feelings?

• A)​"Josephine, you sound really angry. Is that close to what you are feeling?"
• B)​"Josephine, you are frustrated and angry. Is that close to what you are feeling?"
• C)​"Josephine, you sound really frustrated!"
• D)"Josephine, I hear that you are frustrated. Underneath that, you sound lonely . . . and angry? Is that close to what you are feeling?"

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