Counseling Exam Licensure Definitions

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Alex is a 33 year old investment banker. In the last year and a half, he has been increasingly concerned with his heart. "You know, my profession is very stressful. Just last year one of the senior partners in the company dropped dead of a heart attack right in his office! I've been having heart palpitations for the last 18 months and no one is taking me seriously! I need you to help me convince them that I am not crazy!" Alex has had 4 stress tests and 3 EKG's in the last year and a half, and none of them showed any clinical problems with his heart. Although Alex is very anxious about his condition, he has had no panic attacks. ..and the diagnosis is..

Learned helplessness: - A condition in which a person attempts to establish and maintain contact with another by adopting a helpless, powerless stance.

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