According to psychodynamic therapists like Kernberg and Masterson, the value of sustained empathy and firm boundary setting in the treatment of severely disordered people (i.e., borderline personality disorder) is that:
a. it encourages the development of conflict-free spheres of the ego.
b. permits effective interpretations that support awareness of the parts of themselves that have been split off.
c. it provides the foundation for the development of a more normal symbiosis with the therapist.
d. it gradually challenges fears of lost autonomy.
B
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a. 85% b.75% c.95% d. 90%
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