Stopping

Thought stopping has its origins in the late 1950s and is a class of cognitive techniques (involving mental  or  behavioral  aspects)  commonly  employed  by sport  psychologists  to  eliminate  athletes’  recurring negative, self-defeating, or anxiety-related thoughts. Consequently,   an   underpinning   foundation   of thought-stopping  techniques  is  the  assumption that  such  thoughts  are  detrimental  to  task  performance, to well-being