Reference no: EM132695755 , Length: 500 Words

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For this discussion, take a moment to read the following situation and reflect on the three questions that follow. A single woman, 33, is talking to a psychiatrist about the quality of her social life.

She has a very close friend, Taylor, on whom she has become somewhat dependent. She is exploring the ups and downs of this relationship. This is the third session. During the sessions, she comes on a bit loud and somewhat aggressive. She says, "Taylor and I are on again off again with each other lately. When we're on, it's great. We have lunch together, watch movies together, all that kind of stuff. But sometimes she seems to ghost me.

You know, she tries to avoid me. But that's not easy to do (she laughs.) I keep after her. She's been pretty elusive for about two weeks now. I don't know why she runs away like this. Something must be bothering her. I know we have our differences, but we always get over them."

Explain your responses to the following strategies in 500 words:

1. Basic empathic highlight.

2. Your hunch and your reason for it.

3. Advanced empathic highlight.