Altering Negative Thought Patterns Paper

Altering negative thought patterns is extremely difficult for the client. Those thought patterns have formed over many years. Possibly over the life span of the client. Altering negative thought patterns is like trying to alter the course of a river which has flowed through a certain valley for years. The negative thought patterns take the route of least resistance, which is generally inappropriate responses. These emotional responses are the results of false premises and assumptions. The process of altering negative thought patterns is therefore one of the initially the client check out his or premises and assumptions and then gradually motivating him to a programme of change wherein positive thinking takes