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Interaction Process Comments
Bill: Hey, you’re the judge who interprets that Presenting the con-
law. You can change it anytime. Do you think nection between
you put off doing the performance reviews to perfectionist thinking,
avoid failing? fear of failure,
and putting off the
reviews.
Ted: It’s beginning to sound that way.
Bill: Is having your reviews challenged part of Raise the issue that
this picture? people with perfec-
tionist views may also
suffer from anxiety
over disapproval and
confrontation anxiety.
Ted: I worry about that.
Bill: What would it mean if you had your reviews Question to probe
challenged by one of your people? connection between a
contingency between
performance and
self-worth.
Ted: They’d think I was a jerk. I’d lose respect.
Bill: And what would you think about yourself? Question to get
back to the core self-
concept issue: what
Ted thinks about
himself.
Ted: That I’m a loser.
Bill: You’d have to be a mind reader to know Attempt to defuse
what others think. But even if you were right, and Ted’s tendency to
some people thought you were a jerk, would that overgeneralize about
make you one? I mean, if someone called you a his worth by suggest-
green grasshopper, would you start eating grass? ing an alternative
perspective.
Ted: (Laughs) I’ve been called worse than a
green grasshopper. I guess what you’re saying is
that I am exaggerating, but that even if I’m right
about what people think, I’m still making too
much of it.