What I Think About Behavioral Therapy

An example of this is learning how to ride a bike for the first time. You first watch someone over and over again and then you repeat it. Treatment for behavioral abnormalities is a bit different than other abnormality treatments. Instead of the therapist trying to heal someone, they become a teacher instead, to try to teach the client a few techniques and skills to overcome the abnormality. This is also called systematic desensitization. The next model of understanding abnormalities is the cognitive model. What this model conveys is that our cognitive processes are the center in everything we do, meaning our thoughts, behaviors and emotions. If there is abnormal functioning in this part of the model, many clients will begin to make assumptions of their lives and even begin to mimic certain attitudes that are very distressing and faulty. Illogical thinking processes may have an effect too, since it will then cause the idea of overgeneralization, in which a person will think negatively about themselves and feel bad over a certain event that was really insignificant. Treatment for those with cognitive abnormalities is called cognitive therapy, which is basically just getting clients

My personal theoretical orientation to counseling is Cognitive-Behavioral therapy. Cognitive-Behavioral therapy helps the client to uncover and alter distortions of thought or perceptions which may be causing or prolonging psychological distress. The theoretical foundations of CBT are essentially those of the behavioral and cognitive approaches. CBT leads to a clear, persuasive, and evidence-based description of how normal and abnormal behavior develops and changes (Kramer 293). The term “cognitive-behavioral therapy” or CBT is a term for therapies with many similarities. CBT is not used as a cure and often times used to help with anxiety or depression the most, and may be single or in group settings. There are several approaches to this

Within this model the counselor can employ a wide range of techniques to achieve the behavioural objectives agreed, these include - challenging irrational beliefs, rehearsing different self statements, experimentation of self statements in real situations and systematic desensitization (Mcleod 2008). Behavioural therapist work on changing behaviour and it’s assumed that changes in feeling and thinking will follow.

Chapman, PhD, A. L., & Fraser, S. (2006, September). Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Current Indications and Unique Elements PDF file., (), 62-68.

Most contemporary psychological treatment approaches are predecessors of the ancient and medieval philosophies and theories. Cognitive behavioural therapy as one of the modern treatment method in not an independently formed treatment, different theories have contributed to its present shape and application.

As a result, the usefulness of any therapy depends on the client, the therapist, and the nature of their relationship. In behavioral therapy based on operational unconditional or operant conditioning, it’s important for both the client and the therapist to reach a clear understanding about positive and negative behaviors and their rewards or consequences. Behavioral therapy seeks to change the behaviors associated with psychological problems using exposure treatments, such as systematic desensitization, implosion therapy, and flooding. What makes psychotherapy an effective treatment? 1) Support, is the success, regarding to a number of identifiable factors. The identifiable factors, are about people struggling with depression and self-doubt. (Psychotherapy may provide a welcome dose of acceptance, empathy, and encouragement). Many therapists, think carefully by providing support. The therapists first and foremost decision is before and when to tackle a task, of clients. 2). In Hope, to develop a communicable, visual sight, the light, towards at the end of the tunnel. The expectation, things will get better. 3) A New perspective, therapists will give their clients the opportunities and ability to recognize alternative solution(s) of the situation, circumstance at hand. 4). Motivation, (Therapists sometimes explain a client’s lack of response to treatment by saying that the client was not “ready to do the work.”), The patient, as a client must and willing get motivated. For the reasons, willing to put efforts and time, as measures require. Therapy, isn’t a passive process, it does get better. My closest friend, Kristy Rudolph. owns phobia’s and has a panic disorder, called. Agoraphobia, a very intense fear(s) of herself, being in a situation, being in a circumstance(s), from which, she won’t be capable, as able to escape. She, developed these fears, will occur, any given moment, fears of it happening, to

Behavioural therapy looks at the way people act and respond when they are distressed or under pressure. It helps to modify unhelpful behaviours such as avoidance, which may exacerbate the problems or the way the client feels. This usually means gradually facing up to feared and avoided situations e.g. Demi’s self-harm and bulimia. As a consequence, new behaviours to deal with problems and situations are learned.

The benefits of behavioral therapy is used accordingly to each diverse population. This approach includes the client’s thoughts on learning skills, principles, and strategies, accompanied by continuing good behavior on daily living. Most clients like this approach because it provides them with a guide for behavior change along with successful results. It has a concrete method for dealing with problems of living. This behavior therapy is alarmed about the environment the client associate with on a daily basis because it affects the client’s social and cultural

Finally, therapist may be reinforced for iatrogenic treatment, where they reward clients for ineffective treatment strategies and punish them for effective treatment strategies. To address these difficulties, Linehan developed several modifications which formed the basis of DBT. (Dimeff & Linehan, Dialectical behavior therapy in a nutshell, 2001)

Behavioral Therapy focuses on the behavior of the client. Behavioral therapy helps the client treat the bad behavior to a good behavior. Students are usually refer to counseling because of their bad behavioral. Using behavioral therapy with students is another approach I can apply when providing counseling. Behavioral therapy is also a good theory to work with teenagers because the theory will focus on the client bad behavior and leads them to a good behavior. Behavioral therapy can also be used as a short term and have positive

In cognitive behavior therapy there are three main goals a therapist tries to achieve, “ relieve the symptoms and help clients resolve the problem, then help clients develop strategies that can be used to cope with future problems, finally help clients change the way they think from irrational, self-defeating thoughts to more rational, self-helping, positive thoughts” (Ciccarelli, White 2015). When interviewing friends the first step was to find out what their most impacting problems were. Then they talked about ways they could help relax themselves when or if the situation every happened again. Finally they came up with ways they could look at their problems in a more positive way. After the interviews

The main strength of behavior therapy is focusing on the behavior of the person. The counselor helps the client change their behavior and set understandable goals. Some more strengths are working on the present not really looking to the past for answers. Out of all the theories I have learned so far behavior therapy is the only one that teaches the client how to cope as a strategy and talks little about interventions. Basically the strength here is having both the client and counselor to collaborative on goals, assessment taking, and treatment

The two interventions/techniques that are not a good fit for me are the Motivational Interviewing and the Paradoxical Intention. Why Motivational Interviewing is not a good fit for my therapeutic practice is due to myself not being a “professionally” forceful counselor. Additionally, this technique requires the counselor to work with the client’s resistance, however, when I notice resistance from the client, I choose to switch the topic in regards to making the client feel uncomfortable or upset. Indeed, when employing this interventions, the counselor is not directing or forcing the client to complete tacks or goals. The counselor is pushing against the client’s hesitation and resistance in treatment. Based on riding with the client’s resistance,

This has complemented my personal practice philosophy to be genuinely committed to clients without knowing the outcome. During my critical incident there was plenty of times when the outcome did not look favorable. The patient became debilitated, unable to stand, speak, eat, breath, and increasing anxiety. The therapy was not successful alone but proved to statistics but when it became paired with an additional intervention such as medication the treatment became successful. Working in a treatment team offers other forms of treatment holistically the patient can benefit from. The medical team had to get the patient stable enough for dialectical behavioral therapy to become effective. As the two interventions ran its course together the patient

The third wave of behavioral therapy includes acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. These types of therapies are designed to help people accept difficult life experiences and to persuade individuals to act on their core values. An evolution of cognitive-behavioral therapy, ACT, MBCT, and DBT not only include the thought process within the behavioral network, but mindfulness and acceptance as well. Instead of teaching people to control their thoughts and feelings in the case of CBT, ACT & DBT draws from far eastern philosophies of noticing and accepting the things in life that you cannot change.