A single parent is experiencing feelings of inadequacy related to work and family since one teenaged child ran away several weeks ago. The parent seeks the help of a therapist specializing in cognitive therapy. The psychotherapist who uses cognitive therapy will treat the patient by:

A) discussing ego states.
B) focusing on unconscious mental processes.
C) negatively reinforcing an undesirable behavior.
D) helping the patient identify and change faulty thinking.

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Jasmine Moore · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Cognitive therapy emphasizes the importance of changing erroneous ways people think about themselves. Once faulty thinking changes, the individual's behavior changes. Focusing on unconscious mental processes is a psychoanalytic approach. Negatively reinforcing undesirable behaviors is behavior modification, and discussing ego states relates to transactional analysis.

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