Which statement is true of planning the timing for the use of confrontation?
a. Confrontation should never be used during the orientation phase of the relationship.
b. Confrontation is useful during the working phase to focus on specific patient discrepancies.
c. Confront patients with their limitations early in the relationship and with their assets later in therapy.
d. Confront patients when other therapeutic action dimensions have proven ineffective.
B
Confrontation, when posed as an observation of incongruent behavior, can be used infrequently during the orientation phase of the relationship, but it is more useful during the working stage to expand the patient's awareness and to help him or her move to a higher level of functioning. The remaining options are not true statements.
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