The Textbook Authors Conclude Their Review of the Existential Therapies

question 50

Multiple Choice

The textbook authors conclude their review of the existential therapies by noting that:

• A)they have a very promising future as an independent therapy system because of their rich contribution of distinctly human concepts.
• B)they have exerted a vitalizing influence on the practice of psychotherapy,but their future as an independent system of therapy is equivocal.
• C)existential therapies are nothing more than a diffuse philosophical approach which will likely suffer a decline of interest in the age of managed care.
• D)paradoxically,the demand for existential therapies will very likely increase in direct proportion to the accelerated pace of the information age and technological revolution.

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