Which of the following is a goal of the fixed role therapy promoted by George Kelly?
a. A client should reinforce his or her existing constructs based on his or her negative self-perception.
b. A client should discover that the new constructs work better in anticipating events than the old constructs by which the client was living.
c. A client must be able to deal with role-stresses by focusing on a fixed role at a particular point in time.
d. A client must develop new a construct system in alignment with his or her roles and responsibilities in the family.
ANS: B
FEEDBACK: The therapist expects the client to discover that the new constructs in the fixed role sketch work better in anticipating events than do the old constructs by which the client was living. Once the client realizes this, he or she can incorporate the new constructs into the overall construct system and function in a more satisfying and effective way.
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