Empower Clients to Persevere

Clients who persevere are empowered and committed to their goals despite barriers, roadblocks, challenges, difficulties, and failures. They do not stay stuck. Some reasons for getting stuck include fear of failure, frustration, all-or-nothing thinking, catastrophizing, and self-doubt. People who persevere in managing their irrational thinking despite setbacks and disappointments. 

Identify Irrational Thinking Patterns. Life is a journey from birth to death. While most people have final destinations they desire, their road includes twists and turns. People find that some of these twists and turns occur through their own choices, while others occur because of unforeseen obstacles and barriers that impede their progress.  

Some additional reasons clients feel "stuck" are based on irrational thinking.

• Self-Esteem issues
• Lack of alternatives
• Fear of change
• Procrastination
• Lack of achievable goals
• Perfectionism
• Irrational thinking
• Lack of hope
• Feelings of helplessness