Existential Therapy describes the therapist's approach as guiding through demonstration and validating the client's quest.

• A. False, the therapist directs cultural adjustments
• B. False, the therapist prescribes coping strategies
• C. False, the therapist ignores interpersonal tensions
• D. True, the therapist guides through demonstration and validates the client's quest

Answer: (D)

In existential therapy, the therapist acts as a guide and companion in the client’s search for meaning. The approach emphasizes authentic encounter, open dialogue, and helping the client confront issues like freedom, responsibility, and mortality rather than directing or prescribing. Demonstration here means the therapist models genuine engagement with anxiety and uncertainty, inviting the client to explore possibilities and take personal responsibility for choices. Validating the client’s quest means honoring their individual search for meaning as real and important, rather than pushing a pre-set path. That combination best fits the described approach.

Choices that emphasize directing cultural adjustments, prescribing coping strategies, or ignoring interpersonal tensions don’t align with existential therapy’s collaborative, meaning-focused stance.