Which of the following best illustrates the analysis of resistance?
A. A client is able to talk freely about their mother but unable to report anything about their father.
B. At the therapist's instruction, a client says whatever comes into their head, regardless of how silly it sounds.
C. A client reports a dream about riding a wild horse in a tunnel.
D. A therapist reminds her client, who has become insulting, that she is, after all, a helping professional and not the client's abusive mother.
Answer: A
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