Question

Lewis and Farrah are seeing a marriage counselor. The counselor role-plays appropriate requests and responses for getting each of their needs met and then asks the couple to practice doing this themselves in order to resolve a mild problem. Over the next several sessions, they practice resolving harder and harder problems, with appropriate modeling from the counselor, as needed. This is called _____.

Answer 1

The answer is participant modelling.

Step-by-step explanation:

This model is used when a psycotherapist "models" a behaviour, and expects the client to imitate it. This can be done through role-playing, as in the example, or in a real environment. For instance: a client may desire to learn how to order food in a restaurant. The therapist would take the person to a restaurant and model appropriate behaviours, then assist him in performing them.