1. Many people use negative self-talk.Provide an example of someone using negative self-talk, including the types of things they say.Try to use a real person for this discussion - but do NOT use any names to protect their privacy.
2. Using thought stopping (identify negative talk, stop negative talk, focus on task-relevant thoughts/talk), discuss how you could help this person come up with a way to change their negative talk to a positive talk.What would you have this person do instead to stop their negative talk