Rational–Emotive Role Play – helps move from intellectual to emotional understanding

This technique, also called point-counterpoint, is useful when you intellectually understand that an automatic thought is dysfunctional but emotionally it still feels true.

Have someone to play the emotional part of your mind that strongly endorses the dysfunctional belief while you play the rational part. Then switch roles. In both role plays the helper (therapist, spouse, parent or friend) speaks as the client i.e., they both use the word “I.”