A client is in therapy for anxiety related to their current job. They start to discuss at length their difficult relationship with a sibling during their teenage years. The therapist responds, 'While understanding your past is valuable, our goal here is to equip you with tools for the challenges you're facing right now. Let's talk about the specific thoughts and feelings you had during your presentation yesterday.' This therapist's intervention is most characteristic of a therapeutic model that emphasizes:

A client in therapy for procrastination consistently steers conversations towards their childhood, believing that early experiences of being criticized by a parent are the root cause. A therapist whose approach is to concentrate on the client's current problems and situations would most likely respond by saying: