Winnie begins therapy and her therapist tells her that during their work together, Winnie will learn strategies for changing how she expresses her emotions. Winnie rejects this idea, stating that she has, "always been an emotional person and cannot change her emotions." Given that Winnie is high in emotional expressiveness, will she be able to learn and implement the therapist's strategies?
A. No, emotion regulation strategies only work for people with biologically low levels of emotional expressiveness.
B. No, even if she learns the strategies she will default to using her typical emotional responses.
C. Yes, but she will only be able to use the emotion regulation strategy of suppression.
D. Yes, despite her default level of emotional expressiveness, she will be able to regulate her emotions.
Answer: D
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