The client tells the nurse, "I don't think you can help me. Every time I talk to you, I am reminded of my mother, and I hated her." The nurse should recognize this as:
A) Confrontation
B) Countertransference
C) Incongruence
D) Transference
D
Feedback: Transference is the shifting of an emotion from one person to another. Confrontation is a technique used to highlight the incongruence between a person's verbalizations and actual behavior. Countertransference occurs when the therapist displaces onto the client attitudes or feelings from his or her past. Incongruence occurs when the communication content and process disagree.
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