Izzy frequently feels that when he is driving, he accidently hit someone and left the scene of the accident. If Izzy was in treatment with a therapist who was Adlerian, the therapist would view his obsessions as
A)an attempt to repress unconscious impulses.
B)an inability to resolve a psychosexual stage.
C)an effort to gain mastery and competence.
D)a less severe form of thought disorder.

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Adlerian therapy emphasizes the individual's desire for competence and self-improvement. Izzy's obsessions could be seen as an attempt to gain mastery over his fears and anxieties related to driving, rather than an attempt to repress unconscious impulses or resolve psychosexual stages.

Izzy Frequently Feels That When He Is Driving, He Accidently