Ketan turned down Desma's invitation to eat lunch together. Desma thought to herself, "Nobody ever likes me," and immediately felt depressed and lonely. Ellis's RET approach to therapy would directly address which of the following?

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Ellis's RET approach aims to challenge and change irrational and negative thinking patterns, which in this case would be Desma's irrationally pessimistic and global thinking ("Nobody ever likes me"). Therefore, option C is the correct answer. Options A and B are not directly related to Desma's thought process in this specific scenario.

Ketan Turned Down Desma's Invitation to Eat Lunch Together