Razia is about to deliver a speech on free trade to a group of business people. Although she has delivered several successful speeches before, she experiences negative self-talk such as "I will make a fool of myself this time" and "I am scared the audience will mock my body language." Consequently, in order to manage her apprehensions, she tries to eliminate these negative thoughts using thoughts like "I have delivered this speech several times successfully" and "I am a trained public speaker and I cannot go wrong." In this scenario, Razia uses _____ to reduce her public speaking apprehensions.
A) ?systematic desensitization
B) ?cognitive restructuring
C) ?the visualization technique
D) ?self-distancing self-talk
B
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