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Self-Talk, Dramatic Expression, and Constructivism

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Does self-talk have overall regulating functions? If so, do cognitive therapists, explicitly or implicitly, believe that meaningful self-talk, internal dialogue, inner speech or self-statements can be used systematically for achieving self-control? How should self-instructions be structured in therapy in order to facilitate the client’s acquisition of better coping skills, rational beliefs, problem-solving strategies, functional rules for reasoning or (inner) dialectical operations?

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  3. Department of Psychiatry, Mariedal Cognitive Treatment Centre, University of Umeå, S-901 85, Umeå, Sweden

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Joyce-Moniz, L. (1988). Self-Talk, Dramatic Expression, and Constructivism. In: Perris, C., Blackburn, I.M., Perris, H. (eds) Cognitive Psychotherapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73393-2_13

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