After a Client Learns to Monitor Negative Automatic Thoughts, the Next

question 394

Multiple Choice

After a client learns to monitor negative automatic thoughts, the next step in Beck's cognitive therapy is to:

• A) help the client learn how to evaluate the accuracy of negative automatic thoughts.
• B) teach the client how to replace negative automatic thoughts with positive automatic thoughts.
• C) teach the client how to use dream symbols to develop insight into the unconscious meaning of the negative automatic thoughts.
• D) use active listening techniques to encourage the client to explore the personal meaning of the negative automatic thoughts.

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