Existential counselors will help clients to focus on changing themselves when the situation is unchangeable.How might the counselor accomplish this?

A) By helping a client whose mother has died focus on the pain and turmoil of the loss.
B) By helping a client with inoperable cancer fight death until fighting is no longer possible.
C) By helping a client who is failing high school find the loop hole in the admission. process for college in order to get into a decent institution.
D) By helping a client going through a difficult divorce examine how his choices in dealing with the divorce will impact his children in the long term.

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Zybrea Knight · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  The existential counselor would help the client examine his choices and focus on the aspects of the situation that he can control, such as how he interacts with his children during the divorce. This can lead to a sense of empowerment and enable the client to find meaning in the midst of a difficult situation. The other choices do not involve the client focusing on changing themselves in an unchangeable situation.

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