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Plan practice between meetings
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Choose one feasible activity together, clarify what it will teach, and anticipate what might get in the way.
What it might sound like
“What would be a small enough step to try, and what might make it hard?”
A common slip
Treating an unfinished activity as disobedience rather than useful information.
Across approaches
The purpose and timing depend on the formulation, relationship, and model. Follow a guide for its particular use rather than treating the wording as a universal script.
Sources and review scope
Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond, 3rd ed. (opens in a new tab)
The standard introduction to Beckian cognitive therapy, from the cognitive model through session structure and belief work.
cognitive model, automatic thoughts, beliefs, session structure
Purchase or library access.
Deliberate Practice in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (opens in a new tab)
A skills-rehearsal book for REBT, with exercises for partners and guidance for trainers.
disputing, ABC
Purchase or library access.