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Belief Change Process - Parte1

This document outlines steps for a facilitator to help a client identify and change an undesirable pattern in their life. The facilitator should: 1) Have the client identify a pattern they want to change. 2) Ask the client to suggest a belief that could result in that pattern. The facilitator tests if the client truly believes it and if it logically accounts for the pattern. 3) Guide the client to discover the early experiences that led to that belief. 4) Ask questions to help the client realize their belief is an interpretation rather than objective truth, which could help them change the pattern.

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Belief Change Process - Parte1

This document outlines steps for a facilitator to help a client identify and change an undesirable pattern in their life. The facilitator should: 1) Have the client identify a pattern they want to change. 2) Ask the client to suggest a belief that could result in that pattern. The facilitator tests if the client truly believes it and if it logically accounts for the pattern. 3) Guide the client to discover the early experiences that led to that belief. 4) Ask questions to help the client realize their belief is an interpretation rather than objective truth, which could help them change the pattern.

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ASK (the client): Identify some pattern currently in your life that you have been trying
unsuccessfully to change–either some undesirable behavior or feeling, or some undesirable
circumstances.

2. NOTE (to facilitator): After a pattern has been identified, ASK: Tell me something you
currently believe that logically could result in (STATE the essence of the pattern).

3. NOTE: When the client arrives at a possible belief, test it by asking the following two questions.
If the client says, no, to either of the questions, have him look for another belief.
A. ASK: Say the belief out loud. ... Do you really believe that? Some part of you
might “know” that what you believe doesn't make sense and some part of you might be
embarrassed about believing it, but do you have a “gut” sense of believing it anyway?
B. ASK: Does it logically account for the undesirable pattern?

4. NOTE: Facilitate the client to discover the events or circumstances that are the source of his
current belief. To assist him to discover them, ask the following questions:
ASK: Where did (STATE the belief) come from? What are your earliest
experiences that led you to forming that belief?

5. NOTE: After the source of the belief is identified, ask the following questions to assist the client
to make real for himself that his belief, which he thinks is “the truth,” is only “a truth,” something he made
up. The questions are designed to facilitate him in creating for himself:
• that he formed a belief (an interpretation) about a series of events or circumstances;
• that what he thinks is “the truth” is merely one of many possible interpretations of what he
observed in the world;
• that he never actually “saw” or discovered in reality what he believes;
•

A. ASK: Is it real for you that (STATE the essence of the early experiences
that led to the belief) is the source of your belief? (The answer should be, yes.)
B. ASK: Can you see that when you formed your belief the "evidence"
seemed to justify that interpretation, in other words, it was a reasonable conclusion to
reach? (The answer should be, yes.)
C. ASK: Can you also see that most people at that age probably would have
reached the same conclusion that you did? (The answer should be, yes.)

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