When therapists minimize, reassure, explain, or simply move away from a client's painful feelings, it is often because:

A) ?they feel responsible for causing the client's painful expressions.
B) ?their reaction evokes a countertransference response.
C) ?they feel responsible for alleviating their pain, but don't quite know how.
D) ?both they feel responsible for causing the client's painful expressions and they feel responsible for alleviating their pain, but don't quite know how are correct.


D

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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