Some Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists Have Begun to Question the Goal of Changing

question 69

Multiple Choice

Some cognitive-behavioral therapists have begun to question the goal of changing a client's self-defeating thoughts. They argue that it is difficult, if not impossible, to get rid of unwanted thoughts and feelings, especially when people have been rehearsing them for years. This idea was inspired, at least in part, by:

• A) the writings of Sigmund Freud.
• B) the modernist philosophers.
• C) the post-modernist philosophers.
• D) Eastern philosophies.

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