Task 16. Fill in the prepositions if necessary.

1.Free associations enable the person to become aware … conflicts that in some cases date … … early childhood. 2. Is your psychologist able to do anything … this problem? 3. Behaviourists try to substitute the learned response of ‘fear’ … the response of ‘relaxation’. 4. Cognitive-behavioural therapies aim … identifying and changing negative or maladaptive beliefs. 5. Relaxation techniques may help to cope … anxiety symptoms such as panic attack. 6. This approach enabled the therapist to deal … the immediate problems of the panic attacks and to probe more deeply … the reasons … these attacks. 7. The rationale … this type of therapy lies … the belief that individual problems are often exacerbated by relationship difficulties … the family. 8. A mental illness arises … … ‘frustration’ as a result of circumstances ‘blocking’ the individual’s progress … fulfilling their potential. 9. Group therapy resulted ... the resolution of psychological difficulties for him. 10. In family therapy each family member becomes aware … how the individual relates … the others and how this interaction contributes .. the family’s problems.

 

Key: 1. of, back to; 2. about; 3. for; 4. at; 5. with; 6. with, into, behind; 7. behind, in, within; 8. out of, towards; 9. in; 10. of, to, to.