would like to feel happy, but she i

would like to feel happy, but she is afraid of doing much. What homework might you
suggest?
3. The client feels that he must win everyone’s approval. He has become a “super nice
guy” who goes out of his way to please everyone. Rarely does he assert himself, for
fear that he might displease someone who then would not like him. He says he would
like to be less of a nice guy and more assertive. What homework might you suggest?
4. The client would like to take a course in creative writing, but she fears that she has no
talent. She is afraid of failing, afraid of being told that she is dumb, and afraid to follow
through with taking the course. What homework might you suggest?
5. The client continually accepts blame by telling himself how terrible he is because he does
not give his wife enough attention. He feels totally to blame for the marital problems between
him and his wife, and he says he cannot let go of his guilt. What homework might
you suggest?
6. Each week the client comes to his sessions with a new excuse for why he has not succeeded
in following through with his homework assignments. Either he forgets, gets
too busy, gets scared, or puts it off—anything but actually doing something to change
what he says he wants to change. Instead of really doing much of anything, he whines
each week about how rotten he feels and how he so much would like to change but just
doesn’t know how. What homework might you suggest?