While growing up, Patrick was told to always be appropriate, be perfect, and do his best. Now as an adult, Patrick is rigid socially and devotes most of his energy to his work. Consequently, his wife has threatened to leave him. Patrick is seeking counseling in order to save his marriage. As a counselor, you recognize that his early childhood rules

a. were impossible for him to escape and Patrick had no choice but to accept them.
b. need to be given up so that Patrick can mend his relationship with his wife.
c. can be transformed into something useful and functional.
d. were dysfunctional and he needs to confront his parents about their behavior

Option C

Explanation:

The main objective of the counselling in this case is to save Patrick's marriage from breaking up. Thus the counselor needs to carefully implement the methods to make Patrick understand his problem and what he can do to solve it.

Patrick have developed some mental issues due to his experiences in childhood which cannot be reversed now however the hobbies he has developed are not completely negative sand still some good can be done out of it.

So the therapist should help Patrick to accept his flaws and make him use those hobbies in a positive manner for better social an personal relations.                            

the correct answer is a