Carlita has just come from her first therapy session. To better understand Carlita's generalized anxiety, the therapist asked her to talk about her childhood experiences and interactions with her parents and has asked her to keep a dream journal for the next several weeks. With which orientation is this approach most consistent?

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The approach that focuses on childhood experiences and the use of dream analysis is most consistent with the psychoanalytic/psychodynamic orientation. This approach emphasizes unconscious psychological processes and childhood experiences as influencing current behavior and feelings.

Carlita Has Just Come from Her First Therapy Session