What is the basic therapeutic technique in Beck’s CT?

a. Filling out ABC worksheets.
b. Introducing the client to the DSM-IV.
c. Indoctrinating the client into the philosophical system of cognitive therapy.
d. Conducting a Socratic dialog with the client.

e. Making humorous overstatements of the client’s situation.


Answer: d (Page 379)

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