A Client Who Is Afraid of Flying Describes a Recent

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Multiple Choice

A client who is afraid of flying describes a recent episode in which his/her job required her to take a one-hour flight.A client-centered therapist is most likely to respond by

• A) acknowledging the anxiety that the client must have felt .
• B) pointing out to the client that he/she survived the flight and no catastrophe occurred, thus challenging the belief that flying is dangerous.
• C) offering social reinforcements including smiles and compliments to increase the likelihood that the client will fly again.
• D) offering the interpretation that the client's fear of flying may actually be a response (reaction formation) to an unconscious wish to "fly" away from home.

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