Some of the component core tasks of psychotherapy include developing a therapeutic alliance, educating patients, nurturing hope, and ensuring that

a) the therapist takes credit for change.
b) the patient takes credit for change.
c) the patient resolves his feared unconscious impulses.
d) the therapist maintains appropriate therapeutic boundaries.


Answer: b) the patient takes credit for change.

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