Darcy is sitting at her desk in her office one day when, without

. warning, her heart begins racing rapidly, she starts sweating profusely, and she is gripped with a terrifying fear that she is about to go crazy. She thinks she is having a heart attack. Nothing she is doing seems to have caused such an episode. Her symptoms most resemble _____.
A) a phobic disorder B) a panic attack
C) post-traumatic stress D) a compulsion


B

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a. ?forcing the client to see the contrast between the client’s unhealthy behaviors and the therapist’s healthy ones b. ?the transference of the client’s feelings toward loved ones onto the therapist c. ?the sense of unconditional positive regard that the client will feel d. ?providing a healthy model for healthy relationships with others

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a. true b. false

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