June 2020 LSAT Section 2 Question 13

Psychotherapist: The troubles from which a patient seeks relief through psychotherapy do not have purely internal ca...

francolby on July 9 at 05:50PM

Correct answer is addressing premise not conclusion

I am a bit confused because the correct answer seems to be addressing the premise not the conclusion. we are told to always take the premise as true. "The troubles from which a patient seeks relief through psychotherapy do not have purely internal causes" so how could C be correct if we are told these issues dont have internal issues. its contradicting what was said in the premise it seems.

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Emil-Kunkin on July 15 at 01:39PM

This is a necessary assumption question, which is effectively a must be true. It's asking what the author must assume or agree with for their argument to make sense.

That said I think that C is actually reinforcing the premise you noted. C tells us that by working on relations with others one will find at least some relief. This makes sense in the light of the premise that our troubles are not only internal and stem in part from how we relate to others. The passage never says there are no internal issues, it says the issues are not purely internal.