A guide for dummies.... final part! ( part 3)

9) Dispute Irrational Beliefs

- Reveal to client that his irrational belief is actually hindrance to his progress


- Various disputing styles towards irrational beliefs:

* Socratic: Worker to ask illogical and empirically inconsistent questions on the client’s irrational belief; so that he would not merely accept the worker’s ideas without developing his own thoughts.

*Didactic: Worker to give knowledgeable information to client regarding the drawback of irrational beliefs

*Humorous: Worker to use this only after establishing a strong rapport with the client.

*Self-disclosing: Worker sharing personal experience like what the client is undergoing, state the process undertaken; and the problem was gone as you change the irrational belief in you.

10) Prepare client to deepen conviction in Rational Beliefs

11) Encourage client to put new learning into practice

- giving homework assignments to client in order for him to practice adopting rational beliefs


12) Check homework Assignments

13) Facilitate the Working-through Process

- Worker encourages client to always try out methods that could help him in fighting his irrational belief, at the same time strengthening his rational belief.

- Advice him that there will be adversities along the way, and provide him with several scenarios of setbacks to prepare him