errors.The client was reinforced for their insightful identification of unrealistic worry and inappropriate estimation.The client has struggled to identify estimation errors in regard to their unrealistic worry and was gently offered examples in this area.23 Analyze Fears Logically (23)The client's fears were analyzed by examining the probability of their negative expectation becoming a reality, the consequences of the expectation if it occurred, their ability to control the outcome, the worst possible result if the expectation occurred, and their ability to cope if the expectation occurred.The client was assigned “Analyze the Probability of a Feared Event” from the Adult Psychotherapy Homework Planner (Jongsma & Bruce).The client was assigned material from Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders (Clark & Beck).The client's ability to control the outcome of circumstances was examined and the effectiveness of worry on that outcome was also examined.Cognitive therapy techniques have been effective at helping the client understand beliefs and distorted messages that produce worry and anxiety.As the client has increased understanding of distorted, anxiety-producing cognitions, their anxiety level has been noted to be decreasing.Despite the client's increased understanding of distorted messages that produce worry and anxiety, their anxiety level has not diminished.
24 Develop Insight Into Worry as Avoidance (24)The client was assisted in gaining insight into how worry creates acute and/or chronic anxious apprehension, leading to avoidance that precludes finding solutions to problems and maintains a worry-avoidance cycle.The client was reinforced for their insightful understanding about how worry creates an avoidance cycle.The client struggled to understand the nature of worry as a form of avoidance and was provided with remedial information in this area.
25 Identify Distorted Thoughts (25)Through the use of cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, the client was assisted in exploring self-talk, underlying assumptions, schemas, or metacognition that mediate anxiety.The client was assisted in challenging and changing biases and conducting behavioral experiments to test predictions toward dispelling unproductive worry and increasing self-confidence in addressing the subject of worry.The client was reinforced as they verbalized an understanding of the cognitive beliefs and messages that mediate anxiety responses.The client was assisted in replacing distorted messages with positive, realistic cognitions.The client failed to identify distorted thoughts and cognitions and was provided with tentative examples in this area.
26 Assign Exercises on Self-Talk (26)The client was assigned homework exercises in which they identify fearful self-talk creates reality-based alternatives and tests through behavioral experiments.The client was assigned “Negative Thoughts Trigger Negative Feelings” from the Adult Psychotherapy Homework Planner (Jongsma & Bruce).The client's replacement of fearful self-talk with reality-based alternatives was reviewed.The client was reinforced for successes at replacing fearful self-talk with reality-based alternatives.The client was provided with corrective feedback for failures to replace fearful self-talk with reality-based alternatives.The client has not completed their assigned homework regarding fearful self-talk and was redirected to do so.
27 Construct Anxiety Stimulus Hierarchy (27)The client was assisted in constructing a hierarchy of feared and avoided activities, procedures, and conditions or social events.The client was assigned the “Gradually Reducing Your Phobic Fear” exercise in the Adult Psychotherapy Homework Planner (Jongsma & Bruce).It was difficult for the client to develop a hierarchy of stimulus situations, as the causes of their anxiety remain quite vague; they were assisted in completing the hierarchy.The client was successful at creating a focused hierarchy of specific stimulus situations that provoke anxiety in a gradually increasing manner; this hierarchy was reviewed.
28 Select Initial Exposures (28)Initial exposures were selected from the hierarchy of anxiety-producing situations, with a bias toward the likelihood of being successful.A plan was developed with the client for managing the symptoms that may occur during the initial exposure.The client was assisted in rehearsing the plan for managing the exposure-related symptoms within their imagination.Positive feedback was provided for the client's helpful use of symptom management techniques.The client was redirected for ways to improve symptom management techniques.
29 Conduct Worry Exposure (29)The client was asked to vividly imagine worst-case consequences of worries, holding them in mind until the anxiety associated with them decreases.The client was asked to imagine consequences of worries as described in Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry: Therapist Guide (Zinbarg, Craske, & Barlow).The client was supported as they maintained a focus on the worst-case consequences of worry until the anxiety weakened.The client was assisted in generating reality-based alternatives to the worst-case scenarios, and these were processed within the session.
30 Conduct Exposure in Vivo (30)The client was assisted in engaging in activities usually avoided because of unrealistic worry.The client was assisted in removing any unnecessary, anxiety-drive safety behaviors as described in Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry: Therapist Guide (Zinbarg, Craske, & Barlow).The client was supported while engaging in difficulty activities until anxiety weakened.
31 Assign Homework on Situational Exposures (31)The client was assigned homework exercises to perform worry exposures and record their experience.The client was assigned situational exposure homework from Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry: Workbook (Craske & Barlow).The client's use of worry exposure techniques was reviewed and reinforced.The client has struggled in implementation of worry exposure techniques and was provided with corrective feedback.The client has not attempted to use the worry exposure techniques and was redirected to do so.
32 Teach Problem-Solving Strategies (32)The client was taught a specific problem-solving strategy to reduce unproductive worry or avoidance.The client was taught problem-solving strategies including specifically defining a problem, generating options for addressing it, evaluating the pros and cons of each option, selecting and implementing an action plan, and reevaluating and refining the plan.The client was provided feedback on the use of the problem-solving strategies.The client was unable to make use of problem-solving strategies and remedial feedback was given.
33 Assign Problem-Solving Exercise (33)The client was assigned a homework exercise in which they solve a current problem about which they worry.The client was assigned a problem to solve as described in Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry: Workbook (Craske & Barlow).The client was assigned “Applying Problem-Solving to Interpersonal Conflict” from the Adult Psychotherapy Homework Planner (Jongsma & Bruce).The client was provided with feedback about ther use of the problem-solving assignment.
34 Engage in Behavioral Activation (34)The client was engaged in “behavioral activation” by scheduling activities that have a high likelihood for pleasure and mastery.The client was directed to complete tasks from the “Identify and Schedule Pleasant Activities” assignment from the Adult Psychotherapy Homework Planner (Jongsma & Bruce).Instruction, rehearsal, role-playing, role reversal, and other techniques were used to engage the client in behavioral activation.The client was reinforced for success in scheduling activities that have a high likelihood for pleasure and mastery.The client has not engaged in pleasurable activities and was redirected to do so.
35 Develop Interpersonal Skills and Relationships (35)As interpersonal deficits were identified as a primary factor in the client's anxiety, they were assisted in developing new interpersonal skills and relationships.The client displayed a clear understanding of the new interpersonal skills and relationships and was reinforced for this success.The client has struggled in regard to developing new interpersonal skills and relationships and was redirected in this area.
36 Assign Homework on Social Skills (36)The client was assigned a homework exercise in which they implement social skills in everyday life.The client was assigned the homework exercise “Restoring Socialization Comfort” from the Adult Psychotherapy Homework Planner (Jongsma & Bruce).The client's use of homework exercises in daily life was reviewed, with reinforcement for success and corrective feedback toward improvement.The client did not complete homework exercises and was redirected to do so.
37 Use
