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Observing Jake's Anxiety Case Study

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Jake was diagnosed with anxiety disorder. The anxiety started after taking harder classes in his major. There are a few approaches he can use to treat Jake with his anxiety.

The behavioral approach focuses on how certain behavioral responses are learned. Observing Jake through the cognitive approach will focus on how he learned the behavior. The negative actions may be learned, but can also be unlearned as well. For treating Jake 's anxiety using this approach he should tackle activities that will allow his anxiety to arise to show Jake that his feared results are unlikely to happen. Psychologists view the approach with how people 's behaviors are learned and supported.

The humanistic approach focuses on the whole person.
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