Lucia is working with her therapist on understanding why her romantic relationships end abruptly. During one of her sessions when she is particularly distraught and keeps saying she thinks she is to blame, she doesn’t work hard enough to keep her past partners, and that the next partner she has, she is going to call and text them less, her therapist encourages her to accept these thoughts as being nothing more than thoughts. She does not encourage her to confront this negative thinking or tell her to stop thinking this way. This is an example of ______.
A. mindfulness
B. congruence
C. negative reinforcement
D. dialectical behavior therapy
A. mindfulness
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In feminist therapy, clients are viewed as active participants in redefining themselves in the context of the therapeutic relationship, keeping the therapeutic relationship as egalitarian as possible.
a. true b. false
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a) I am a bad, unworthy person. b) If you knew me, you would hate me and leave me. c) No one will take care of my needs but me. d) If I do not engage in sexual activities, I will die. e) None of the above
What proportion of Americans volunteered with an organization in 2015?
a. 1/2 b. 1/3 c. 1/4 d. 1/5