Ronald Is a 37-Year-Old Man,presenting in Counseling for What He

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Ronald is a 37-year-old man,presenting in counseling for what he labels as stress.He is a first-year graduate student in a counseling program who left his previous career because of a downfall in the economy resulting in the loss of his job.Ronald reports that he gets very sweaty,nauseous,and tense when going to school.Ronald has missed 1 class this semester due to his symptoms,and cannot afford to miss anymore.Choose the best example of an initial phase psychodynamic goal for this client.

• A) Decrease client's attempts to avoid existential angst and responsibility to reduce anxiety.
• B) Increase empowerment and feelings of "mattering" to reduce anxiety.
• C) Decrease emotional reactivity to perceived threats to self to reduce anxiety.
• D) Increase coping skills necessary to reduce symptoms of anxiety.

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