When an individual is presented with a new, difficult or stressful situation or problem, the person is in which phase of crisis?

A. Adaptive coping phase: This would imply the person has already developed strategies that are working, which is premature if they’re just encountering the situation. B. Beginning phase: Not a formally recognized stage in crisis theory. Vague and non-specific. C. Maintaining phase: Implies stability or recovery, which happens after coping has begun, not when first encountering stress. D. Coping phase: In crisis theory, this is the phase where the individual tries to use available coping mechanisms in response to the stressful or difficult situation.