Evokes Awareness5 min
Challenging Assumptions
Practice gently challenging the client's limiting beliefs without being confrontational.
Example
Client says: 'I could never speak up in those meetings'
✓Effective
'Never? Has there been a time when you did speak up somewhere?'
✗Less Effective
'You should just practice being more assertive.'
Why? Challenging 'never' and 'always' helps clients see their beliefs aren't absolute truths.
Tips for This Exercise
- 1Listen for absolute words: never, always, can't, should, must
- 2Gently question the absolute: 'Always?' 'What if that wasn't true?'
- 3Help them see the belief as a belief, not a fact
- 4Be curious, not confrontational — 'I wonder...' not 'That's not true'
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