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400	The therapist checks the hierarchical connection with the overarching goal.	We could listen to some music together.	Okay. Is that something you could easily do?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist checks the hierarchical connection with the overarching goal.###Input:We could listen to some music together.###Response:What could you do to show more appreciation to your colleagues?
401	The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.	Yes. All we have to do is put the radio on. We never do it, I guess, because we are too busy and we have been spending too much time on our own. We could do that, I think.	What could you do to show more appreciation to your colleagues?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.###Input:Yes. All we have to do is put the radio on. We never do it, I guess, because we are too busy and we have been spending too much time on our own. We could do that, I think.###Response:What could you do to show more appreciation to your colleagues?
402	The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.	I could tell them that I think they do a great job.	Okay. Is this something you think you could do tomorrow, for example?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.###Input:I could tell them that I think they do a great job.##Response:Okay. Is this something you think you could do tomorrow, for example?
403	The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.	Well, I could. But you know, I am afraid that with the reputation I have at work now, they won’t think it is genuine. It is not that I don’t appreciate their contribution, but I am very perfectionistic. I know that. So I tend to be very critical. I think they won’t think I am being honest with them. They are not used to hearing me say nice things about their work!	I hear you. So you mean there is no guarantee that showing your appreciation will be well received, right?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.###Input:Well, I could. But you know, I am afraid that with the reputation I have at work now, they won’t think it is genuine. It is not that I don’t appreciate their contribution, but I am very perfectionistic. I know that. So I tend to be very critical. I think they won’t think I am being honest with them. They are not used to hearing me say nice things about their work!###Response:I hear you. So you mean there is no guarantee that showing your appreciation will be well received, right?
404	The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.	Yeah.	I can understand that you would like your words to be well received. But what is the purpose of telling them that they did a good job? Why is it meaningful to you in the first place?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.###Input:Yeah.###Response:I can understand that you would like your words to be well received. But what is the purpose of telling them that they did a good job? Why is it meaningful to you in the first place?
405	The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.	I want to be more appreciative of other people. I want to leave the critical spiral I am in right now.	If you tell them that they are doing a good job, will it be a way of being more appreciative?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.###Input:I want to be more appreciative of other people. I want to leave the critical spiral I am in right now.###Response:If you tell them that they are doing a good job, will it be a way of being more appreciative?
406	The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.	No. I really appreciate their work.	If they don’t believe you, will you regret that you said that?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.###Input:No. I really appreciate their work.###Response:If they don’t believe you, will you regret that you said that?
407	The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.	Hmm . . . I don’t know. I guess I might be disappointed. But I know it might take time for them to see the change. And at least, I will have made an effort to show more appreciation. And I will know that it is sincere, even if they don’t.	What are the things that you do with creativity?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.###Input:Hmm . . . I don’t know. I guess I might be disappointed. But I know it might take time for them to see the change. And at least, I will have made an effort to show more appreciation. And I will know that it is sincere, even if they don’t.###Response:What are the things that you do with creativity?
408	The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.	I paint. I love painting. I spend hours on weekends on my paintings. I feel like I can do anything I want, but I never know in advance what is going to happen. This is what I like. It is a constant process of creation. My wife would like me to do other things too, so we could spend more time together. It is true that I spend too much time on my own, but I don’t find the same interest in the things he likes.	What kinds of things does she like?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.###Input:I paint. I love painting. I spend hours on weekends on my paintings. I feel like I can do anything I want, but I never know in advance what is going to happen. This is what I like. It is a constant process of creation. My wife would like me to do other things too, so we could spend more time together. It is true that I spend too much time on my own, but I don’t find the same interest in the things he likes.###Response:What kinds of things does she like?
409	The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.	She likes cooking and doing outdoor stuff, like hiking. Not really my thing.	If you could find an interest in doing some of the things your wife appreciates, would it be easier for you to spend more time with her?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.###Input:She likes cooking and doing outdoor stuff, like hiking. Not really my thing.##Response:If you could find an interest in doing some of the things your wife appreciates, would it be easier for you to spend more time with her?
410	The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.	Yeah, if I could like what she likes, at least a bit, I could maybe leave my paintings from time to time.	Painting seems like a great way to be creative for you. Do you think you could find this in cooking, for example?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.###Input:Yeah, if I could like what she likes, at least a bit, I could maybe leave my paintings from time to time.###Response:Painting seems like a great way to be creative for you. Do you think you could find this in cooking, for example?
411	The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.	Hmm. I never saw it that way. I am not a good cook at all though. When I cook, all I do is follow a recipe. This is hardly creative!	What do you do that reflects being creative in your painting?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.###Input:Hmm. I never saw it that way. I am not a good cook at all though. When I cook, all I do is follow a recipe. This is hardly creative!###Response:What do you do that reflects being creative in your painting?
412	The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.	Doing something different. When I paint, I try to do something I have never seen before.	Could you do that when cooking?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.###Input:Doing something different. When I paint, I try to do something I have never seen before.###Response:Could you do that when cooking?
413	The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.	Maybe I could look at new recipes. Maybe my husband would have ideas on how to improve them. He is creative too. We just have different ways of expressing our creativity.	Not that you won’t miss your painting. . . .	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist uses hierarchical framing to help the client connect her action to the quality she is trying to develop.###Input:Maybe I could look at new recipes. Maybe my husband would have ideas on how to improve them. He is creative too. We just have different ways of expressing our creativity.###Response:Not that you won’t miss your painting. . . .
414	The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.	Well, I would really like to start with sitting with my wife and my kids when we have dinner. But I am really nervous about doing that because I know I will need to check the news on my computer to make sure nothing bad has happened.	Okay. So, there will be two different actions competing with each other?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.###Input:Well, I would really like to start with sitting with my wife and my kids when we have dinner. But I am really nervous about doing that because I know I will need to check the news on my computer to make sure nothing bad has happened.###Response:Okay. So, there will be two different actions competing with each other?
415	The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.	Yeah. I am not sure I can sit still for a whole dinner without checking the news.	If you actually stayed at the table for the whole dinner, what would that mean to you?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.###Input:Yeah. I am not sure I can sit still for a whole dinner without checking the news.###Response:If you actually stayed at the table for the whole dinner, what would that mean to you?
416	The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.	It would be huge. I can’t remember the last time I was able to have dinner with my family without leaving to check the news every 2 minutes.	Huge is a big word, and it makes me think that there is something important there. Could you tell me more about what it means to you?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.###Input:It would be huge. I can’t remember the last time I was able to have dinner with my family without leaving to check the news every 2 minutes.###Response:Huge is a big word, and it makes me think that there is something important there. Could you tell me more about what it means to you?
417	The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.	It would mean that I am with my kids, with my wife. It would mean we are a family and we are sharing something.	So sharing is important to you. Can you tell me what it feels like when you share moments with your family and they are with you? Try to express it in a way that is as physical or emotional as you can.	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.###Input:It would mean that I am with my kids, with my wife. It would mean we are a family and we are sharing something.###Response:So sharing is important to you. Can you tell me what it feels like when you share moments with your family and they are with you? Try to express it in a way that is as physical or emotional as you can.
418	The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.	What it feels like? I guess the thing that comes to mind is that I feel almost like I am being held, or like I’m holding some- one. It is like a hug.	So you want a dinner hug.	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.###Input:What it feels like? I guess the thing that comes to mind is that I feel almost like I am being held, or like I’m holding someone. It is like a hug.###Response:So you want a dinner hug.
419	The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.	(smiley)I’d love that. It may not be the biggest thing, but I know my wife would be very happy. I would really like to show her that I am making a real effort to be more present. And I’d just like to feel her presence again—to be with her. And the kids too. Group hug!	(smiley)So what is more important/more vital/more uplifting: checking the news or a group “dinner hug” with your family?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.###Input:(smiley)I’d love that. It may not be the biggest thing, but I know my wife would be very happy. I would really like to show her that I am making a real effort to be more present. And I’d just like to feel her presence again—to be with her. And the kids too. Group hug!###Response:(smiley)So what is more important/more vital/more uplifting: checking the news or a group “dinner hug” with your family?
420	The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.	Well, stated that way, for sure it is my family. Holding them in my mind and heart. Being with them. But in the moments when dinner is happening, you know, it is hard to resist checking the news.	I can understand that it is hard to do something different. Perhaps you can spend a few moments almost to taste these alternative options. Do you know what I mean? It would be as if you were given two different things to eat and you could taste them both before choosing. Where is there more life for you in this situation? What is most tasty?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.###Input:Well, stated that way, for sure it is my family. Holding them in my mind and heart. Being with them. But in the moments when dinner is happening, you know, it is hard to resist checking the news.###Response:I can understand that it is hard to do something different. Perhaps you can spend a few moments almost to taste these alternative options. Do you know what I mean? It would be as if you were given two different things to eat and you could taste them both before choosing. Where is there more life for you in this situation? What is most tasty?
421	The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.	Being with my family. Loving my family. Showing them I care. Checking the news—it is just because I have to.	So, as you sit here, what are you going to do? You’ve tasted the alternative options. What are you going to do?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.###Input:Being with my family. Loving my family. Showing them I care. Checking the news—it is just because I have to.##Response:So, as you sit here, what are you going to do? You’ve tasted the alternative options. What are you going to do?
422	The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.	I really want to get back on track, so I will get up early every day and go back to the gym again, and then I will go to work on time. I think this would be a good start.	This would be consistent with what you care about?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.###Input:I really want to get back on track, so I will get up early every day and go back to the gym again, and then I will go to work on time. I think this would be a good start.###Response:This would be consistent with what you care about?
423	The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.	Yes, I want to go back to my usual schedule and try to enjoy what I do again.	Ok, great! I understand this is what you want to do, but you told me that in the past, it was often difficult to actually do what you had planned to do, right?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.###Input:schedule and try to enjoy what I do again.###Response:Ok, great! I understand this is what you want to do, but you told me that in the past, it was often difficult to actually do what you had planned to do, right?
424	The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.	Yeah, but I think I am really motivated this time.	This will certainly be helpful. I would like to suggest something though. How about taking a moment to think about the difficulties that might come up as you go back to the gym and to work?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes augmenting through hierarchical framing.###Input:Yeah, but I think I am really motivated this time.###Response:This will certainly be helpful. I would like to suggest something though. How about taking a moment to think about the difficulties that might come up as you go back to the gym and to work?
425	The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.	There is a risk that I will be too tired when I wake up and that I won’t be motivated to go to the gym anymore.	Okay. What else?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.###Input:There is a risk that I will be too tired when I wake up and that I won’t be motivated to go to the gym anymore.###Response:Okay. What else?
426	The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.	Maybe I will try to go to the gym the first day, but if I arrive late at work, I might not want to exercise the second day because I don’t think I have the time.	Okay, let’s pause on these two potential difficul- ties. It seems like at some point, there might be a competition between two things that drag you in different directions, right? On the one hand you want to go to the gym, and on the other hand. . . .	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.###Input:Maybe I will try to go to the gym the first day, but if I arrive late at work, I might not want to exercise the second day because I don’t think I have the time.###Response:Okay, let’s pause on these two potential difficulties. It seems like at some point, there might be a competition between two things that drag you in different directions, right? On the one hand you want to go to the gym, and on the other hand. . . .
427	The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.	I want to stay in bed! I can already predict that this is going to happen. . . .	What could make a difference in this case? What could make you go to the gym instead of sleeping longer?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.###Input:I want to stay in bed! I can already predict that this is going to happen. . . .###Response:What could make a difference in this case? What could make you go to the gym instead of sleeping longer?
428	The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.	I guess if I can motivate myself enough.	How can you do that?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.###Input:I guess if I can motivate myself enough.###Response:How can you do that?
429	The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.	If I can think of why it is important. It is hard in the moment though. I know I will feel tired . . . .	So, it will be more difficult to hear the voice that tells you to go to the gym, huh?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.###Input:If I can think of why it is important. It is hard in the moment though. I know I will feel tired . . . .###Response:So, it will be more difficult to hear the voice that tells you to go to the gym, huh?
430	The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.	Yeah . . . I guess I was a bit naïve to plan to go back to the gym.	Why do you say that?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.###Input:Yeah . . . I guess I was a bit naïve to plan to go back to the gym.###Response:Why do you say that?
431	The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.	Well, I think it is going to be harder than just saying that I want to go back to the gym.	So you are tempted to change your plans now?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.###Input:Well, I think it is going to be harder than just saying that I want to go back to the gym.###Response:So you are tempted to change your plans now?
432	The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.	Yeah . . .	This is interesting because in a way, you are now in the exact same situation as when you will wake up. You want to plan to go to the gym, but on the other hand, there is a voice that tells you that you can’t make it, right?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.###Input:Yeah . . .###Response:This is interesting because in a way, you are now in the exact same situation as when you will wake up. You want to plan to go to the gym, but on the other hand, there is a voice that tells you that you can’t make it, right?
433	The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.	Yes, exactly.	Spend a little time to feel how you would feel an hour after you chose to go to the gym or an hour after you changed your plans to stay in bed. See if you can picture those two moments, one after the other, and take a little time to allow feelings to percolate up.	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.###Input:Yes, exactly.###Response:Spend a little time to feel how you would feel an hour after you chose to go to the gym or an hour after you changed your plans to stay in bed. See if you can picture those two moments, one after the other, and take a little time to allow feelings to percolate up.
434	The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.	I’d feel satisfied and in my body if I went to the gym. I’d feel defeated and in my head if I slept instead—my head would be filled with judgmental thoughts and self-criticism. Been there. Done that. It is time to do something else.	Well the “gym voice” and “bed voice” will both be persuasive, but your experience seems to suggest that one might be closer to what you care about. Which is more important?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes the description of potential barrier and tracking of responses.###Input:I’d feel satisfied and in my body if I went to the gym. I’d feel defeated and in my head if I slept instead—my head would be filled with judgmental thoughts and self-criticism. Been there. Done that. It is time to do something else.###Response:Well the “gym voice” and “bed voice” will both be persuasive, but your experience seems to suggest that one might be closer to what you care about. Which is more important?
435	The therapist evokes functional generalization to the client’s life outside the room.	Ha! My experience has been pretty consistent if I stand back and look at it. Going to the gym is what I really want.	Okay, so when you will wake up tomorrow, what do you think will happen?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes functional generalization to the client’s life outside the room.###Input:Ha! My experience has been pretty consistent if I stand back and look at it. Going to the gym is what I really want.###Response:Okay, so when you will wake up tomorrow, what do you think will happen?
436	The therapist evokes a strategy to augment reinforcement outside the therapy session.	It will be hard. I probably won’t hear the gym voice anymore, and my experience might be far away.	What can you do to touch what you care about?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes a strategy to augment reinforcement outside the therapy session.###Input:It will be hard. I probably won’t hear the gym voice anymore, and my experience might be far away.###Response:What can you do to touch what you care about?
437	The therapist evokes further elaboration of hierarchical connections with source of meaning to strengthen augmenting.	I need to remember why it is important. I need to trust my gut sense.	What is your gut sense? Why does it matter?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes further elaboration of hierarchical connections with source of meaning to strengthen augmenting.###Input:I need to remember why it is important. I need to trust my gut sense.###Response:What is your gut sense? Why does it matter?
438	The therapist evokes again a strategy to augment outside of the therapy session.	I do want to live more healthily. I want to be in better shape. I want to feel my body again. I want to feel alive.	Is there a way for you to connect with that when the time comes to go to the gym?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist evokes again a strategy to augment outside of the therapy session.###Input:I do want to live more healthily. I want to be in better shape. I want to feel my body again. I want to feel alive.###Response:Is there a way for you to connect with that when the time comes to go to the gym?
439	The therapist helps the client explore augmenting strategies in a nondirective fashion.	I am not sure . . .	Is there a way to remind yourself of the importance of this when you are getting up in the morning? Something you can do or say or see?	Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request. ### Instruction:The therapist helps the client explore augmenting strategies in a nondirective fashion.###Input:I am not sure . . .###Response:Is there a way to remind yourself of the importance of this when you are getting up in the morning? Something you can do or say or see?