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Can you apply either existential or Gestalt theory to the case of Mary (see the case study narrative attachment, The Case of Mary,)? Specify how the theory would conceptualize her "problem," identify what key concepts can be applied, and discuss two specific interventions you would use with this client. Identify a limitation of applying the theory to this case.

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I am glad I can keep your faith in me, hope this helps. Let me know if you need more....

Mary's case could be explained and handled analyzing the existential theory more over than Gestalt theory. Existential psychotherapy "posits that psychological vitality and fullness in living spring from one's willingness both to take responsibility for one's freedom to choose and to accept that one's potentiality is bounded by one's physical, social, and psychological contexts" (Farber, 2010). She is living in ...

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