If You Seek Counseling from a Cognitive Behavior Therapist, You

question 179

Multiple Choice

If you seek counseling from a cognitive behavior therapist, you would expect him or her to

• A)provide aversive conditioning to produce bad habits.
• B)provide a non-threatening setting for the expression of unconscious thoughts.
• C)help you to change inappropriate patterns of thought.
• D)overcome fixations that occurred at earlier stages of development.

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Definitions:

Situational Low Self-Esteem

A temporary feeling of inadequacy or lack of confidence that is triggered by specific circumstances or events.

Defensive Coping

Psychological strategies employed by individuals to protect themselves from perceived threats or to manage stress and anxiety.

Electroconvulsive Therapy

A medical treatment for severe mental illness where seizures are electrically induced in anesthetized patients to provide therapeutic effects.

Physiologic Stability

The maintenance of the body's internal environment (homeostasis) ensuring proper functioning of its systems and organs.