Existential Confrontation Differs from Psychoanalytic Confrontation in That Existentialists

question 31

Multiple Choice

Existential confrontation differs from psychoanalytic confrontation in that existentialists:

• A)focus on the client's experience of the world in the here-and-now .
• B)clarify choices that clients continually confront in their therapy and lives.
• C)don't only reflect the client's experience,but also reveal their own experience of the client.
• D)identify and emphasize new alternatives for being.

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