What is the impact of avoidance as a coping strategy in schema therapy?
Avoidance involves steering clear of situations, thoughts, or emotions that might trigger a schema, which prevents the schema from being tested or updated. While it keeps the schema inactive, it also reinforces it by maintaining the absence of disconfirming evidence, as the individual never confronts the reality of their beliefs.
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