Applying Erickson's Psychosocial Developmental Stages in clinical counseling is useful for which of the following?
A) Helping clients more quickly identify core dynamic patterns that are affecting all areas of life.
B) To better understand the client's internal dynamics, particularly those that are contributing to the presenting problem.
C) Helping clients identify unconscious or semi-conscious erroneous assumptions about life to develop a system of private logic that supports them in pursuing their life goals.
D) Understanding the larger developmental concerns that may be underlying the problems clients bring to session.

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Erickson's Psychosocial Developmental Stages provide a framework for understanding the larger developmental concerns that may be underlying the problems clients bring to session. By assessing where a client is in their developmental journey, a counselor can better target interventions and treatment plans that address the underlying issues fueling their presenting problems. A client's stage of psychosocial development can affect how they perceive and react to their environment, relationships, and psychological distress.  The other options may also be useful in counseling, but they do not directly relate to the application of Erickson's developmental stages.

Applying Erickson's Psychosocial Developmental Stages in Clinical Counseling Is Useful