ABSTRACT

As we discussed in Point 60, you need to pay particular attention to potential obstacles to the completion of self-help assignments before your clients attempt to carry them out. However, once they have agreed to carry out an assignment and have not done so you need to assess the reasons for this. A good way of doing this is by using the ABC framework or by referring to a list of reasons for not completing homework assignments that was presented in Point 85. If you discover that your clients have not done a homework assignment for an already established reason, devote sufficient time to help them vigorously dispute the relevant irrational belief and then renegotiate the assignment. If, however, you identify a new reason for them not completing the homework assignments, then devote sufficient time to help them discover how they might overcome this obstacle before renegotiating the same assignment.