Two therapeutic approaches.....Is there a patient profile that suggests a preference?

• The Case of Gary: Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself? by Jim Pretzer, 8/1/97
  • What Me Worry? by Jessica Broitman,Ph.D.:Faculty, 8/6/97
    • Re the function of anxiety by Jim Pretzer, 8/21/97
      
      

I read two different approaches to this patient. On the one hand Dr. Pretzer:

"I will need to help him discover that the worry is both dysfunctional and unnecessary. Otherwise he will resist any attempts to get him to abandon his worry."

And Dr. Broitman:

"We might see him attempt to disconfirm his beliefs (or alter his scrip) by testing Jim in treatment. He might act very critical of Jim's assignments. He might act like they are silly, or useless, and try not doing them (as a test) to see if Jim will get upset. He mighy wonder if Jim would throw him out, tell him he is no good or enjoy showing him how to do the assignments which would replicate his family experience."

These both seem like reasonable approaches to treating this patient. My question has to do with what factors might suggest a preference?

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• Rolling the boulder uphill by Paul Salkovskis, 8/28/97
  • We must presume Sisyphus is happy.....Camus by Sisyphus, 9/2/97
• Technique or Therapy by Jessica Broitman, 9/2/97
  • The Corrective Emotional Experience by Sisyphus, 9/9/97
• Can we tell which therapeutic approach best suits the patient? by Jim Pretzer, 9/10/97