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Self-defeating behaviors are negative on-going patterns of behaviors involving issues such as smoking, weight, inactive lifestyle, depression, anger, perfectionism, etc. This course is designed to teach concepts to eliminate these negative patterns. The course is educational: first you learn the model, then you apply it to a specific self-defeating behavior. A positive behavioral change is the outcome. Following the course, participants will be able to identify, analyze and replace their self-defeating behavior(s) with positive behavior(s). The course also provides an excellent psychological tool for clinicians to use with their clients. The author grants limited permission to photocopy forms and exercises included in this course for clinical use.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe a self-defeating behavior
• Identify the exact set of circumstances in which a self-defeating behavior is practiced
• Identify one's own self-defeating conclusions
• Distinguish between real fear and mythical fear
• Identify the techniques used to carry out self-defeating behaviors
• List the specific prices for self-defeating behaviors
• Identify ways used to distort the results of self-defeating behaviors
• Identify self-defeating alternatives