Stress & Coping MCAT Practice Question

A 52-year-old woman with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus presents to her primary care physician reporting persistent anxiety and catastrophic thinking about her condition. She states, 'If my blood sugar stays high, I'll definitely go blind and lose my legs.' During the appointment, the physician works with her to examine the evidence for and against these thoughts, helps her distinguish between possible and probable outcomes, and teaches her to replace automatic negative thoughts with more balanced, realistic statements based on her actual clinical status and prognosis. Following this intervention, the patient reports decreased anxiety symptoms and improved adherence to her diabetes medication regimen. Which coping mechanism is being directly trained through this intervention?