Her Stepfather Abused Samantha Emotionally and Physically

question 480

Multiple Choice

Her stepfather abused Samantha emotionally and physically. Now, as a young adult, she is working with a therapist to resolve some of her low self-esteem and relationship issues. Over the course of therapy, Samantha begins to feel great anger toward her male therapist, telling him how much she resents his control over her. She almost quits therapy because she begins to feel that he is too controlling and makes her feel so insignificant. Her therapist is able to show Samantha that she is acting irrationally and has experienced a ___________________ of her feelings to her therapist.

• A)resistance
• B)free association
• C)positive transference
• D)negative transference

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