The text authors predict that the future of constructivist therapies will include:
a. a considerable down-turn with the ascension and progression of evidence-based practices.
b. increased controlled research studies of these promising approaches to psychotherapy, particularly in the treatment of individuals with severe clinical diagnoses.
c. increasing emergence as a challenging response to the dominance of evidence-based practices in mental health.
d. consolidation of the available constructivist therapies into an over-arching post-modern therapy that elaborates more fully its theory of personality and psychopathology.
C
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a. rarely, if ever, used. b. one of the major counseling services provided because of their efficacy in delivering information and treatment. c. common, but they only cover a narrow range of topics and issues. d. only of value to school counselors who find it efficient to meet with several students at once. These groups are of little value to the students they are supposed to serve.
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