A symbolic-experiential therapist working with a family says to the mother, When did you divorce your husband and marry your son? The therapist is attempting to:
A) deeply offend the family to the point of changing out of embarrassment.
B) affectively confront the family to interrupt rigid patterns.
C) help the client to separate personal issues from interpersonal issues.
D) expand the symptom from an individual matter to a family matter.
Question 2
How will a therapist know when their client has achieved personal growth and successfully navigated developmental tasks, a process also referred to as self-actualization?
A) Self-actualization is a lifelong process; therefore, only the client will know when they have achieved self-actualization
B) The therapist will know that their client has achieved self-actualization when the client is no longer attending sessions regularly
C) The therapist will know that their client is making progress towards self-actualization when the client is no longer experiencing symptoms at the individual level and they are able to function in most areas of daily life
D) There is no clear definition of self-actualization; therefore, one can never fully achieve it
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