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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

  • Book, clinical text, Paid · Purchase or library

    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.

  • Book, practice manual, Paid · Purchase or library

    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.