Question

Dallas believes that he will never be successful or likable enough. His friends tell him that he is too hard on himself, but he persists in the belief that he will never live up to his own high standards. Because he needs to exchange his negative and unrealistic beliefs about himself for more realistic ones, Dallas would most likely benefit from treatment that includes:__________

Answer 1

The answer is cognitive restructuring.

Step-by-step explanation:

This technique is based on changing or removing unwanted thoughts in the patient. It is done through many different methods such as journal-keeping and Socratic questioning.

Cognitive restructuring has been succesfully used to treat several mental disorders including depression, anxiety and social phobia.