Client: "I'm an Easter egg." Caregiver: "Oh? What color are you?" This is an example of
1. metacommunication.
2. psychiatric communication.
3. therapeutic communication.
4. nontherapeutic communication.
4
Caregiver did not acknowledge client's message therapeutically.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)