The nurse has a client who checks and rechecks her home in response to an obsessive thought that
her house will burn down. The nurse and client explore the likelihood that the house will actually
burn. The client states this event is not likely.
This counseling demonstrates principles of
a. desensitization.
b. cognitive restructuring.
c. relaxation technique.
d. flooding.
ANS: B
Cognitive restructuring involves the client in testing automatic thoughts and drawing new
conclusions. Option A: Desensitization involves graduated exposure to a feared object. Option C:
Relaxation training teaches the client to produce the opposite of the stress response. Option D:
Flooding exposes the client to a large amount of an undesirable stimulus in an effort to extinguish
the anxiety response.
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