Jake Is Feeling So Upset That He Is Having Trouble

question 7

Multiple Choice

Jake is feeling so upset that he is having trouble sleeping. He believes that he is stupid as a result of having done poorly on his recent statistics exam and that he should drop out of school because he will never be able to be a social worker.
-The first goal of Beck's cognitive therapy with Jake would be to:

• A)refute his belief that he will never become social worker.
• B)confront his feeling upset.
• C)reduce his symptomatic insomnia.
• D)both B and C.

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