Question

An overweight woman joins Weight Watchers®. During her first session, the counselor explains the components of a healthy diet and discusses with the woman how she can eat out and still maintain a healthy diet. She asks the woman what her goal is and emphasizes that she herself is the key to success. The counselor's strategy is directed at promoting:

Answer 1

Empowerment

Explanation:

Empowerment refers to an approach to increase confidence, autonomy and control in people so they are able to overcome their fears and take charge and responsability in their life to achieve what they want. According to this, the counselor's strategy is directed at promoting empowerment because she emphasized to the overweight woman that herself is the key to success to help her build confidence and get her to understand that she has to assume the responsability in the process to be successful.