Rehearsing can also be productive when a member is anticipating some future confrontation. Assume that Klaus wants to tell his boss that he doesn’t feel appreciated and that he wants to be recognized for his accomplishments. Klaus can, in fantasy, picture himself standing before his boss, ready to tell him what he wants to say. Klaus’s out-loud rehearsal could go something like
this: “I’m standing here like a fool. What if I mess up? He won’t listen to me, and I don’t really have anything to say. How can I let him know what I’m thinking? Right now I feel like running away and apologizing.”