ABSTRACT
Fennell suggests that 'high mood often indicates that the terms of an assumption have met, just as low mood signals its violation'. Clients can investigate their high moods as well as their low ones to uncover important about their information assumptions and core beliefs rules. Beck et al. suggest that when a client feels particularly happy about an event 'questions about his thinking may lead to his base rules. Many of the dysfunctional formulas "pay off" for the patient when they seem to working'. For example, a client said that she felt absolutely delighted that her boss had given her a 'well done' for bringing in an important project on time. However, her high mood did not last for long as her boss was critical of her a few days later when she was late for a meeting. Clients can keep a diary to check these marked mood variations to help them discover what assumptions and rules they subscribe to.
