Question

Olivia failed a minor quiz in her accounting class. When she tells her therapist about this event, she says that she is going to fail the entire class and will probably have to drop out of college. Olivia's therapist asks her to challenge those self-statements and come up with a more rational and realistic assessment of her situation in the class. This therapist is using:

Answer 1

The answer is cognitive restructuring.

Step-by-step explanation:

Cognitive restructurng is a therapeutic technique that consists in changing or eliminating unwanted thoughts, as well as providing a more reasonable view of the situation. It has been widely used to treat mental conditions such as generalised anxiety disorder and social phobia, which usually distort the patient's perception of reality.