REBT-Risk Taking is designed to...

• A. Keep the client within their comfort zone.
• B. Encourage engagement in a task with a reasonable chance of not meeting expectations to test beliefs.
• C. Practice coping skills without taking action.
• D. Delay all actions.

Answer: (B)

Risk taking in REBT is about deliberately stepping into tasks that have a real chance of not meeting your expectations so beliefs can be tested and eventually replaced with more rational ones. By engaging in situations where outcomes are uncertain, clients can see that their feared consequences don’t always occur and that they can cope, which weakens rigid irrational beliefs. That’s why this option—encouraging someone to try a task with a reasonable chance of not meeting expectations to test beliefs—fits the technique best. Staying in the comfort zone keeps beliefs unchallenged, practicing coping skills without action is passive and doesn’t confront the belief, and delaying actions avoids the learning experience REBT risk taking aims to create.