A single parent is experiencing feelings of inadequacy related to work and family since one teenaged child ran away several weeks ago. The parent seeks the help of a therapist specializing in cognitive therapy
The psychotherapist who uses cognitive therapy will treat the patient by:
a. discussing ego states
b. focusing on unconscious mental processes
c. negatively reinforcing an undesirable behavior
d. helping the patient identify and change faulty thinking
ANS: D
Cognitive therapy emphasizes the importance of changing erroneous ways people think about themselves. Once faulty thinking changes, the individual's behavior changes. Focusing on unconscious mental processes is a psychoanalytic approach. Negatively reinforcing undesirable behaviors is behavior modification, and discussing ego states relates to transactional analysis.
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