Thinking errors

Can you identify Theresa s thinking errors What would you do to challenge those errors ... 

A tenth type of thinking error involves the content behind should or must statements. Should or must statements are detected in a client when she or he acts in a certain way because of a personal rule about life. Personal rules often develop as a result of personal experiences in some cases, rules about life are taught to or indoctrinated into the client by others. The problem is not necessarily the rules so much as their rigidity of application. A rule may have been functional (or helpful to the client) in the past, but no longer functions well in the present or a rule may be functional in some situations but not if applied universally, as some clients will do. Some examples of rules might include I have to be perfect or I have to take care of (fill in the name or role) or perhaps It is my obligation... 

Challenging thinking errors related to worries evaluating the likelihood that worry will solve the problem. 

Thinking error. An irrational belief that causes problems for clients. 

Finally, therapists and counselors want to teach clients to change their attributions for how the relapse occurred. Most clients tend to blame themselves and attribute the relapse to personal shortcomings or personal mistakes. One problem with this type of attribution is that clients tend to make overgeneralization errors that suggest somehow that they are flawed at their very cores. However, you as the counselor or therapist must challenge these thinking errors, and teach the client to attribute the relapse to the situation rather than the self. Attributing... 

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