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6/24/13<br />

Changing AVachments to <br />

Possessions <br />

• Ques8ons about possessions <br />

Challenging Beliefs <br />

• Iden8fy problema8c beliefs during sor8ng <strong>and</strong> <br />

acquiring prac8ce <br />

• Discarding Exercises <br />

• Challenging Beliefs <br />

Downward Arrow Technique <br />

• Socra8c ques8oning to examine beliefs <strong>and</strong> <br />

consider alterna8ves <br />

• Design <strong>and</strong> conduct <br />

experiments to test beliefs <br />

Downward Arrow 2 <br />

SATURDAY<br />

• What would happen if you threw that out <br />

– “I’ll never find it again.” <br />

• Why would that be so bad <br />

– “I would lose an opportunity.” <br />

• What would be so bad about that <br />

– “I’d be stupid for not taking advantage of an <br />

opportunity.” <br />

• What’s the worst part about that <br />

– “Just that, I’d be a stupid person.” <br />

• It sounds like you are worried that if you threw this <br />

out, that would mean you were a stupid person. Let’s <br />

take a look at that idea. <br />

– “I guess I never thought about it. I do worry about doing <br />

something stupid.” <br />

• Sounds like you also worry that you might be a stupid <br />

person. Does that seem right <br />

– “Yeah, I guess so. All through school….” <br />

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