b. The Windows Technique. Imagine a big building with lots of windows that are mostly sealed up. Put the toxic thought you’re working on into one of the windows. Imagine you’re on the outside of this window looking in. You can’t climb into the window because it’s inaccessible, but you have power over whatever is in that window. You are always safe where you’re standing on the outside of the window—whatever is in that window cannot hurt you. You can embrace, process, and reconceptualize it whenever you’re ready. Using the 5 Steps, you can visualize the scene in the window changing as you
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