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Implica:ons for Psychoeduca:on <strong>and</strong> <br />

Treatment planning <br />

• Providing the treatment ra:onale <br />

– Explain the importance of using ERP to learn fear <br />

tolerance to prevent relapse <br />

– Label the occurrence of obsessions, anxiety, <strong>and</strong> <br />

uncertainty as opportuni:es to prac:ce distress <br />

tolerance as opposed to signs of failure <br />

– “Bring it on” autude! <br />

– Be on the lookout for pa:ents misusing ERP <br />

Implica:ons for Using Cogni:ve <br />

Techniques <br />

• Avoid trying to convince the pa:ent that <br />

obsessional thoughts are illogical, senseless, or <br />

unlikely to come true <br />

– This overemphasizes short-­‐term anxiety reduc:on <br />

– Can’t be proven anyway! <br />

• Beper targets for cogni:ve therapy <br />

– Likelihood of tolera:ng anxiety, uncertainty <br />

– Catastrophic misinterpreta:ons of intrusive thoughts <br />

– Dysfunc:onal beliefs about the need <strong>and</strong> ability to <br />

gain absolute certainty <br />

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