| Summary: | In this second session with a young woman with compulsions, Keith S. Dobson asks the client about her thoughts regarding their first session and what she learned. The client indicates that she realizes she doesn't stop to think about the consequences of acting on her compulsions, and that the compulsions are an attempt to exert control over her body, her parents, and other external things. If she knows she can have or do something, she's not compelled to do it, but if something or someone tells her no, she has to do it. The client's homework assignment for the next session is to schedule some "down time" and to identify opportunities when she can stop to think about the consequences of acting on her compulsions and what her thoughts and emotions are when she's successful in stopping and thinking.
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