Wendy feels that she has let her children down by focusing on her career and her feelings of guilt have begun to affect her mental health. This has caused her to avoid all interaction with her children. Her clinician helps her to deal with her distressing thoughts and feelings and instead of avoiding her children encourages her to spend more time with them. The method used by the clinician is referred to as

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The method used by the clinician in this scenario is consistent with acceptance and commitment therapy, where the clinician helps the patient to accept their distressing thoughts and feelings rather than avoiding them, and encourages them to actively engage in behaviors that align with their values, such as spending time with their children. Options A, C, and D are not relevant to the scenario described.

Wendy Feels That She Has Let Her Children Down by Focusing