Defining Problems

• History• Assessment Categories• Range of Problems• Selecting Problems

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Components of Problem Behaviors• Mood• Somatic• Overt Behavior• Cognition• Context• Relationships• Antecedents• Consequences• Secondary Gain• Prior Solutions

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Client Resources

• Family

• Skills

• Church

• Prior experience

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Client Perceptions

• Thoughts

• Feelings

• Actions

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4 Characteristics of Maladaptive Problem Solvers

• Blame self

• Minimize benefits maximized looses (discounting)

• Believe problems insolvable

• Feel inadequate or incompetent

State the 6 productive ways to look at problems

• part of life

• opportunity for personal growth, self-control, and self-improvement.

• things get worse if not solved

• solutions exist

• they have the ability

• takes time and energy

Describe the 4 problems that people face in solving problems.

• Problem solving takes time and energy. • It is easier to avoid solving problems

when you are influenced more by your feeling than by reason.

• People often respond impulsively and do not take the time to think up a solution.

• Problem solving requires a delay in gratification

Discriminate between

• Changeable vs. Unchangeable

• Problem focused vs. emotion-focused