Concept #1: Family Schema Sergio reported that he has problems with his anger and he tends to blow up easily just like his father. What I see is that Sergio thinks that being angry and blowing up is what it seems to work with everyone. Sergio saw his father the same way by arguing and getting angry to the point that it caused him to have a heart attack; it is a family belief that someone should always be extremely angry to be able to deal with people. Sergio’s father moved that trait over to his son as a template to follow in his life. I imagine that this family tends to get angry at each other and always fight because they don’t have another alternative to deal with a problem. Sergio has also seen anger in his father and …show more content…
Therapist will say: I know you are struggling to manage your anger, so I would like you to use this one page paper that is called Automatic thought record; in this page, every time there is a situation that makes you feel angry or wants to blow up, write down what was the situation, how do you feel about it, any negative automatic thought, any evidence that supports your thought, any evidence that doesn’t support it, and think of an alternative thought that replace your negative one. It is okay if you forget sometimes, just be aware of your automatic thoughts and feelings that come to mind in case of any situation. The purpose of this automatic thought record is to help you catch your automatic thoughts, recognize your feelings/emotions that go with the situation, and work on balancing out your thinking towards modifying your …show more content…
Therapist explained to the client that it might help him promote behavioral change by just observing. Therapist will say: you were telling me how you usually get frustrated with your coworkers when they don’t share your standards of how things should always look perfect. I want you to start observing your coworkers at work, look at how they perform things and how they order it; what do they usually do and what do you notice when things are just good enough not necessarily perfect. I want you to keep observing them for the next two weeks and see the consequences of what they do; look at their level of satisfaction when things don’t go so perfect. You might start to realize that it is not the end of the world when things go wrong and nothing bad will happen when it doesn’t go the way you want it to be. Think of what is the worst that can happen when things don’t go perfect? I want you to try imitating your coworkers and start to think from a different perspective that might modify your