Encourage your clients to use a coping model of disputing rather than a mastery model

It will frequently be difficult for your clients to use the skills of disputing irrational beliefs. Therefore you need to encourage them to be realistic in what they can expect from disputing. In our experience, clients, especially those with perfectionistic tendencies, expect that they will be able to master the skills of disputing quite quickly and use them without difficulty. They expect, for example, to be able to dispute irrational beliefs easily even though they are very upset, and further expect to feel comfortable in disputing their irrational beliefs.