Which of the following has been said of psychotherapy?   a. Psychotherapy can be viewed as an attempt to get people adjusted to a "sick" society rather than to encourage them to work toward its improvement.  Thus, psychotherapy is the "guardian of the satus quo."   b. Clinical practice today is characterized by not choosing on therapeutic approach, but by an eclecticism where therapists explore varying ways of approaching clinical problems.   c. People who seek therapy vary widely in their problems and in their motivations to solve them.   d. All of the above

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Which of the following has been said of psychotherapy?

  a.

Psychotherapy can be viewed as an attempt to get people adjusted to a "sick" society rather than to encourage them to work toward its improvement.  Thus, psychotherapy is the "guardian of the satus quo."

  b.

Clinical practice today is characterized by not choosing on therapeutic approach, but by an eclecticism where therapists explore varying ways of approaching clinical problems.

  c.

People who seek therapy vary widely in their problems and in their motivations to solve them.

  d.

All of the above

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