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809779 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Experiential therapists assert that warmth and empathy are essential to effective therapy. To foster an environment where this is evident, a therapist must:

A) make a strong, affective connection with clients to create a sense of safety, allowing clients to explore areas of emotional vulnerability.
B) acknowledge that the client is the expert in their own life and the therapist is merely there to facilitate the process of self-discovery.
C) fully explore the amount of empathy the members of the family have for each other.
D) all of these are correct.

Question 2

It is said that rather than focus primarily on behavioral interaction sequences, experiential family therapists focus more on the __________ layer of those interactions.

A) emotional
B) internal
C) external
D) intermittent