Socratic Questioning
Examining the evidence for and against a belief before accepting it as true.
AJ Michalka and the Infidelity Trust Wound
Socratic Questioning helped AJ Michalka examine her fear about being cheated on. She recognized that her belief 'they're going to cheat' was based on her father's infidelity rather than evidence about her own partners. AJ said 'When I was dating people, I immediately had this trigger that like, they're going to cheat. Because how could that happen after 23 years of marriage? It really was one of those things that became a trigger point that didn't really need to be there.' She questioned whether her parents' situation actually predicted what would happen in her relationships.