A client requests vanilla pudding after a day of diagnostic tests and talking to doctors. The client remembers the client's mother always made vanilla pudding when the client was sick
Which types of coping mechanism is the client describing? Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Using symbolic substitutes
2. Privately thinking it through
3. Seeking comfort
4. Engaging in self-healing mind-body practices
5. Talking it out
1,2,3
Rationale: Using symbolic substitutes. The fact that the client associates the vanilla pudding with ‘feeling better' gives it a symbolic quality beyond the actual meaning of eating pudding.
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