Rafael is in therapy, and one of his goals is to overcome his pessimistic attitude. his therapist him eliminate thought patterns that lead to distress. for example, he rafael learn to not overgeneralize his likelihood of failing his sociology class based on doing poorly on his first exam. what kind of psychotherapeutic orientation does this exemplify
a. cognitive therapy
b. non-directive therapy
c. play therapy
d. psychodynamic psychotherapy

Cognitive therapy

Explanation:

Cognitive therapy is also called cognitive behavior therapy for the short term and focused on a wide range of psychotherapy problems. This therapy work with the client such as anxiety, depression, marital conflicts, etc. Cognitive behavior therapy is used to treat the cognitive error in thinking.

This therapy is used to treat psychological problems. This therapy helps a person how can a person change their thinking pattern. With the help of this, a person learns how to use self-help skills. Some skills are provided to the patient in the homework assignment that helps the patient how can they change their thinking behavior.  

So that in the above context Rafael is in cognitive behavior therapy. Through cognitive behavior therapy, Rafael gets rid of his problems related to his distress and over-generalization.  

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