Author Question: Ms. Bananarama is using thought stopping to help little Byron decrease his anxiety about his piano ... (Read 33 times)

stephzh · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Ms. Bananarama is using thought stopping to help little Byron decrease his anxiety about his piano recital next week. Byron has just mastered both overt and covert student-directed interruption. Which step should Ms. Bananarama focus on next?

a. practitioner-directed thought stopping
b. homework and follow-up
c. treatment rationale
d. shift to assertive, positive, or neutral thoughts

Question 2

Thought stopping is most appropriate for individuals:

a. with intense troubling and uncontrollable thoughts
b. experiencing continuous rather than intermittent self-defeating thoughts
c. who ruminate on past events that can't be changed or an event unlikely to occur in the future
d. both b and c
e. all of the above