Alexis's Therapist Assessed Her Problems in the First Two Sessions

question 160

Multiple Choice

Alexis's therapist assessed her problems in the first two sessions of therapy. Then the two of them agreed on several goals that they would try to achieve over the course of weekly therapy sessions for the next five months. Early in the therapy, Alexis's therapist pointed out that Alexis seemed to keep getting involved with men who treated her in the same rejecting way as her father had when Alexis was a child. It appears that Alexis's therapist was using the techniques of _____ to help Alexis.

• A) short-term dynamic therapy
• B) rational-emotive therapy
• C) traditional psychoanalysis
• D) behavioral therapy

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