Regarding the cognitive-behavioral counselors' approach to empathy,which of the following is true.
A) Empathy allows the counselor to build rapport in order to get to intervention that will change behavior/thoughts but do not believe empathy by itself is curative.
B) Empathy in itself is curative and can be the intervention which changes thoughts and behavior.
C) Empathy does not have a place in the cognitive-behavioral process since the focus must be only on the relationship between behavior and cognition.
D) Empathy is used to distract the client from the behavioral and cognitive changes the counselor is introducing.

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Cognitive-behavioral counselors use empathy to build rapport with clients, but they do not believe that empathy alone is curative. The focus is on introducing interventions that will change behavior and thoughts. Empathy is just one tool that may be used to facilitate this process.

Regarding the Cognitive-Behavioral Counselors' Approach to Empathy,which of the Following