A 39-year-old businesswoman and single parent of three is experiencing many feelings of
inadequacy in her job and family situation since her 16-year-old daughter ran away several weeks
ago.
She seeks the help of a therapist specializing in cognitive therapy. The nurse psychotherapist
who uses cognitive therapy will treat the client by
a. focusing on unconscious mental processes.
b. negatively reinforcing an undesirable behavior.
c. discussing ego states.
d. helping her identify and change faulty thinking.
ANS: D
Cognitive therapy emphasizes the importance of changing erroneous ways people think about
themselves. Once faulty thinking is changed, the individual's behavior changes. Option A describes
a psychoanalytic approach. Option B describes behavior modification, and option C relates to
transactional analysis.
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