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A psychodynamic therapist is most likely to: _____________?

Correct answer: A. suggest interpretive insights regarding patients' difficulties.

  • A. suggest interpretive insights regarding patients' difficulties.
  • B. help patients identify a hierarchy of anxiety-arousing experiences.
  • C. associate patients' undesirable behaviors with unpleasant consequences.
  • D. recommend the use of antipsychotic drugs during the process of psychotherapy.

Explanation

Psychodynamic therapy explores unconscious conflicts and typically offers interpretations that connect present difficulties with underlying motives or past experiences. Anxiety hierarchies and unpleasant consequences belong to behavioral therapies, while antipsychotic drugs are medication rather than a defining psychodynamic technique.

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