After working in the adolescent psych clinic for a while, you decide an assessment that examines automatic thoughts related to distressing occupational performance situations would be beneficial for some of your clients. You decide to use an assessment that would have clients identify specific situations, emotions they experience in this situation, automatic thoughts, thought distortions, and alternate thoughts. Which assessment would be best in this situation?

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Dysfunctional thought records are specifically designed for identifying specific situations, emotions, automatic thoughts, thought distortions, and alternate thoughts. This assessment would be the best choice in this situation. Self-efficacy gauge measures beliefs about one's ability to perform a specific task or behavior. TIC-TOC technique and Socratic questioning are therapeutic techniques used to challenge and change negative thought patterns, but do not include the specific components of identifying situations, emotions, and alternate thoughts that are present in a dysfunctional thought record.

After Working in the Adolescent Psych Clinic for a While