According to the Psychoanalytic Approach, Patients Develop More Adaptive Emotions

question 256

Multiple Choice

According to the psychoanalytic approach, patients develop more adaptive emotions and patterns of behavior when they:

• A)learn to actively dispute their own irrational thoughts and beliefs.
• B)experience a strong sense of unconditional positive regard from the therapist.
• C)achieve insight and resolve the unconscious conflicts that were maintaining maladaptive emotions and behavior.
• D)successfully complete a program of systematic desensitization.

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