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This job thinks of three problematic behaviors that you would like to change in yourself. It also lists any precipitants or triggers that set off the unwanted behaviors. What are the current consequences of each behavior? What reinforces each behavior, and what makes you want to change it? What specific skills or behavioral sequences would you need to learn to change the behavior? What resources do you have for making the change? After looking at all three behaviors, choose one that you believe would be realistic for you to work on this week.

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Behaviors to change are discussed.

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Please allow some of my ideas to spark your own ideas.

First of all, as you think of three problematic behaviors that you would like to change in yourself, I would like to yell less when angry, I would like to be less negative and stressed, and I would like to be able to stop working so much and so hard to where it is stressing me too much.

In order for you to be as concrete and specific as possible, you might add specific contexts for each behavior to occur. In the first one, you might note that I tend to yell more when angry in contexts with my husband but not around strangers or in professional settings. I think that precipitants or triggers that set off the unwanted ...

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