Psychoanalysis and existentialism both view anxiety as a pretty normal occurrence. Although they disagree on where it stems from.

Client: “I just can’t stand my sister. She is so hateful and spiteful. Its like she wants to ruin my life. Every single thing I do she wants to ruin or ridicule me for. Why does she hate me so much?” Therapist: “Well of course it feels that way. That’s the lens in which you filter all your interactions with her. Everything she does you are looking at as though she is trying to hurt you. What if you try looking at the situation through a different lens? Like what if she in fact feels insecure because she feels like she will never be half as successful as you are. You might feel more sad for her than angry.” What kind of therapist is this?

Which therapeutic orientation can treat a client successfully in as little as 1 session?

Many people criticize [x] therapy for being unaffordable since clients can be in therapy for years, whereas with [y] therapy client’s can be done within a handful of sessions

Which therapeutic orientation would say that the primary goal is for the client “to develop an awareness of the present”?

When the client appears to be responding to the therapist but is in fact projecting their own issues from the past. Freud called this ________

From the perspective of REBT, we create a lot of our own problems by telling ourselves irrational things like “I MUST….” or “I have to…..”

Behaviorism is among the theoretical orientations with the most research validating its efficacy.

Gestalt therapist finds dreams to be irrelevant when trying to understand the root of the client’s problems.

One critique of behaviorism is that when treating clients, it fails to consider the broader environment in which they live.