A Solution-Oriented Therapist Might Ask Her Client, a Compulsive Shopper

question 37

Multiple Choice

A solution-oriented therapist might ask her client, a compulsive shopper, which of the following questions?

• A) Where can I get the best prices for food, Pick n Pay or Checkers?
• B) If a miracle happened and your shopping compulsion was solved overnight, how would you know it was solved, and what would be different?
• C) Who in your family is most affected when you go on a spending spree?
• D) At what point in your life did you develop this fixation on shopping?

Analyze behavior using May's existential analytic theory, focusing on the human dilemma and examples thereof in case studies.

Explain behavior and relationship dynamics using May's three modes of existence and his concept of alienation.

Apply behaviorism to understand and explain specific phobias or behaviors in case studies.

Contrast May's concept of alienation with Rogers's concepts of conditions of worth and incongruence.

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