The Long Term Goal of Cognitive-Behavioral Counseling Is Best Described

question 6

Multiple Choice

The long term goal of cognitive-behavioral counseling is best described by which of the following statements?

• A) The goal is to enable clients to independently solve their own problems by recognizing dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors early enough to prevent them from creating distress.
• B) The goal is for clients to be able to partner with counselors to solve their problems by the counselor reflecting dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors early enough to prevent them from creating distress.
• C) The goal is to enable clients to independently solve their own problems by recognizing dysfunctional thoughts a behaviors after they occur so the client does not do the same thing again.
• D) The goal is to enable clients to understand events in their childhood that created problems and cause dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors in order to prevent them from occurring again in the future.

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