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Ordeals

15 articles in this category.

  • Adjusting the Ordeal When the Client Finds It Too Easy
  • Crafting Ordeals for Procrastination: The Work Before Work Method
  • Creating Ordeals for Couples: The Scheduled Fight Technique
  • Designing an Ordeal for Insomnia: The Middle of the Night Chore
  • Framing the Ordeal as a Cure to Bypass Client Defensiveness
  • How to Ensure the Ordeal is Actually Worse Than the Symptom
  • How to Use Awkward Social Tasks as an Ordeal for Anxiety
  • How to Use Mind-Numbing Tasks to Eliminate Obsessive Thoughts
  • The Benevolent Ordeal: Assigning Good Deeds to Disrupt Bad Behavior
  • The Donation Ordeal: Using Financial Stakes to Stop Destructive Habits
  • The Exercise Ordeal: Linking Physical Exertion to Unwanted Habits
  • The Public Speaking Ordeal for Social Phobias
  • The Waking Up Early Ordeal for Depressive Ruminations
  • Troubleshooting Ordeals: What to Do When the Client Refuses the Task
  • Using Ordeals with Teenagers: Enlisting Parents as the Enforcers
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