A Client Enters Therapy Due to Her Increased Level of Anxiety

Essay

A client enters therapy due to her increased level of anxiety after her recent engagement to her boyfriend of two years. She has not been sleeping, complains of feeling "jittery," and has been having difficulty in concentrating at work. The client does not have a history of anxiety but reveals that she had been previously engaged "to the man of my dreams" before he left her a week before they were to be married several years ago. She expresses concern that "history will repeat itself" because her fiancé has not been participating in the wedding plans. In your own words, write one validating statement to the client based on the following validation levels (Neacsiu & Linehan, 2014 p. 415).
Level Two: Accurate Reflection
Level Three: Articulating the Unverbalized
Level Four: Validation in Terms of Past Learning Level Five: Validation in Present Context