Rational emotive behavioral therapy

Conduct a new hypothetical therapy session using the ABCs of REBT. Have the client describe something that happened to them that resulted in some negative feelings. As the therapist, build on the therapeutic listening skills you practiced in the last unit by asking your client questions now to:

Clarify the event and their feelings and to elicit their beliefs about the event.
Help them figure out what is irrational about their beliefs and how that is a cause of their negative feelings or behavioral consequence.
Help them develop more rational beliefs leading to more positive feelings or behavioral consequences.

Interview:
A client, Maureen S, comes to me and expresses that her grandfather has passed away a short while ago from COPD. She is dealing with the emotional aspects, as she grew up with him as a father figure in the home, and she was very close to him. Since his death, she says she's been experiencing an existential crisis of sorts, which has culminated into an irrational fear of death and dying-she states that she's afraid of sleeping and never waking up. This causes her acute anxiety and fear to sleep. She acknowledges that the fear she's having seems irrational, but she cannot seem to stop thinking about what her spouse and children would do if she passed away.

Assignment:
Describe your mock counseling session. Explain the "client's" concern by applying the ABC model. Identify the (a) activating event, (b) belief about the event, and so forth. How effective were you at helping your client discover irrational beliefs and replace them with more rational ones?