Test Your Knowledge of Evidence-Based CBT Interventions

James is a 72-year-old man with moderate depression and anxiety. When he looks back on his life, all he sees are his failures, the many times when he viewed himself as incompetent, even though his supportive wife points out his many successes. He has many automatic thoughts that decrease his motivation to do his daily tasks.

At the beginning of his third therapy session, James tells his therapist that he had not done his Action Plan, the self-help activities he had agreed to do in the previous session. What should his therapist say?
Which category of negative core beliefs about the self is James most likely to have?
At the first session, what is his therapist most likely to provide psychoeducation about?

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