ABSTRACT
These used with any problem where it is difficult to elicit the client's NATs. Sometimes behavioural assignment carried out in session to uncover the client's NATs. A client agreed to start filling out her 'boring' tax self-assessment form but quickly became frustrated with the task, screwed up the form and threw it to the floor: 'It's so boring. Client can't make head or tail of it. The damn form makes me feel I'm stupid'. Another client who avoided cold-calling local businesses, even though it was a key way of selling himself to them as a stress management trainer, agreed to make a cold-call from the therapist's office. The call lasted a couple of minutes and client put down the phone with a deep sigh and said 'they weren't interested'. When the therapist asked him what that meant to him, he said: 'client feel they are rejecting me, not just what have to offer. Each rejection will ultimately destroy my confidence'.
