A hallmark EFT technique, softening of emotions, is used to create emotional bonding, change interactional positions, and redefine the relationship as safe and connected. Softening of emotions is accomplished with couples in therapy by all of the following EXCEPT:
a. when a previously blaming, critical partner asks a newly accessible partner to meet his/her attachment needs and longings from a position of emotional vulnerability.
b. the more critical partner softens his/her stance and words, allowing the more vulnerable or anxious partner to reduce emotional reactivity and defensiveness.
c. when partners learn to express their underlying attachment-based fears, including hurt and disappointment, when discussing conflict areas.
d. when a frustrated and angry wife indirectly asks her husband for comfort and connection.
ANS: D
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a. Similarity on conformity b. Group polarization when faced with conflict of interest c. Social interdependence on task performance d. Social loafing in decision making
From the 1990s a more comprehensive and inclusive role for the intake interview was an outcome of: a. the call to disregard the interrelationship between career counseling and personal concerns. b. the call to focus on a specific rather than whole-person approach
c. the call to separate career and personal counseling. d. the call for integrating career counseling and personal concerns of the client.
What is the mechanism a helper uses to help a client test reality?
a. prompt b. gesture c. challenge d. perception test
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Cognitive behavioral therapy rests on the assumption that feelings come from deep-seated, repressed childhood traumas.