What reason do Roth and Fonagy offer for basing counseling approaches on theory more than on personal experience?
a. No two clients are exactly the same.
b. It is important to know why you are using techniques and only theories offer that information.
c. No individual has enough experiences as a counselor to achieve generalizability.
d. Our memories of personal experiences are not reliable.
e. Other people won’t understand what a counselor is doing if the counselor’s actions don’t conform to a theoretical approach.
Answer: c
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