A nurse therapist who asks clients to examine a specific event and to discuss their thoughts and behaviors related to the event would MOST likely base the approach to treatment on which type of therapy?
a. interpersonal therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. psychoanalytic therapy
d. client-oriented therapy
B
When a nurse therapist asks clients to discuss their thoughts and behaviors related to a specific event, the nurse is using client-oriented therapy. Client-oriented therapy is based on the idea that every individual has a store of internal resources and self-understanding and that these inner resources can be brought out when the therapist is open, nonjudgmental, and empathetic.
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