Sheehan doesn't argue the first point. Clearly they have an effect on him, and that's the important takeaway here.

"Challenging means that you are going to examine them and ask if they're actually true or not. So let's start with the first one."

And he deliberately says it aloud as he writes it on a new sheet of paper. "'I think I am defective. Broken.'"

He hands that back to Archer.

"Now you can write the answers down. First thing I want you to do is write down all of the emotions that you feel when you think about that statement."