Dr. mercado believes that people can overcome their problems if they learn to recognize and monitor their automatic thoughts and then try to test the reality of those thoughts empirically. her approach is most consistent with:

Answer - Cognitive Therapy

Dr. Mercado’s beliefs and approach is most consistent with Cognitive Therapy (CT). Cognitive Therapy was developed by American Psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck which focusses on more on how the client thinks about events, rather than on the events themselves. The goat of cognitive therapy is to change the client's ‘unrealistic’ and ‘maladaptive’ beliefs.