Chapter 4 discussed the process of behavioral therapy. There are seven steps involved in behavioral therapy to include: clarify the problem, formulating initial treatment goals, designing a target behavior, identifying maintaining conditions, designing and implementing a treatment plan, and evaluating the success of therapy and follow up assessment. The measurement of the target behavior begins after the target behavior has been designed and continues throughout the evaluation of therapy. When clients come for treatment they come with a multitude of problems, behavioral therapy narrows the client complaints to one or two problems (step 1). Conducting therapy in this manner has three advantages, the client is able to focus better, there is normally …show more content…
Acceleration is used to treat behavioral deficits and deceleration target behaviors are used to treat behavioral excesses. An acceleration target behavior is used as a substitute for a deceleration target behavior. Although, there are some requirements, it must have the same general purpose, it should be adaptive and it should be a competing response. For example, if a client is suffering from verbally talking to voices in their head, the psychologist could encourage that person to talk to other people instead. One rationale of why substituting an acceleration target behavior for a deceleration target behavior is effective is because the more the client perform the acceleration target behavior the less opportunity the client has to engage in the deceleration target behavior. Sometimes in therapy it is can be easy to tell a client what they should not do instead of telling them what they should do, to ensure that therapist do not do this they follow the dead person rule. The dead person rule is that therapists should not ask clients to do anything that a dead person can …show more content…
A treatment plan is basically what it sounds like, it is a plan of how the client’s behavior will be treated. In the treatment plan, behavioral therapists select for change those maintaining conditions, that appear to exert the greatest control and the therapeutic procedure that is most likely to modify efficiently. Due to different behavioral therapies being effective for the client's problem. The therapist describes each viable alternative therapy procedure to the client. This includes the underlying rationale, what the therapy encompasses, what the client is expected to do, and an estimate of how long the therapy will take, and the success rate of the therapy for the client's problem. In step seven and step eight, the therapist evaluates the success of the therapy. This is conducted by comparing the target behavior to the baseline. If it has not been changed then the therapist can return to one of the previous steps and correct any mistakes made. If treatment goals have been met then therapy is terminated and the therapist may set up follow up appointments. If a follow up appointment indicate that the treatment gains have not been met then more therapy is normally
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9). Based on the afore initiatives, the mental health professional must decide which therapy would be beneficial in treatment for the clients’ problems. Evaluations and reevaluations may be needed to be successful in treatment (Nurcombe, 2014,
Behavior modification, or behavioral therapy, trains individuals to replace undesirable behaviors with healthier behavioral patterns.
While CBT has many advantages, it alone does not encompass all of the concepts I believe are necessary to tackle a client’s needs. Therefore, I draw upon concepts from various theories to assist clients in achieving their goals. Pulling from Reality therapy, a key concept I utilize is focusing on what the client is doing and how to get them to evaluate whether they’re present actions are working for them. CBT does use some form of this in the sense that one must examine and establish their cognitive misconceptions; however, I prefer to extract this concept from Reality therapy because CBT tends to do so by focusing on the past. I am a firm believer that while the past can shape who you are, it does little good to remain focused on it. Focusing on overt behavior, precision in specifying the goals of treatment, development of specific treatment plans, and objective evaluation of therapy outcomes all come from Behavior therapy (Corey, 2013, p. 474). Behavior therapy is highly structured much like that of CBT. By utilizing this aspect of Behavior therapy, I am better able to closely observe where a client is currently and where they are headed. Lastly, I pull from Person-Centered therapy as the final key concept of my counseling approach. PCT focuses on the fact that client’s have the potential to become aware of their problems and resolve them (Corey, 2013). This Person-Centered therapy concept has overlap with CBT as
Case conceptualization and treatment planning ultimately assist therapist in finding methods of therapy that will work in relations to the client’s needs. Behavior Therapy is one therapeutic approach; that is defined as a treatment that helps improve self-destructing behaviors; desired or undesired that is to be removed or added. It additionally is used to interchange dangerous habits with smart ones. It helps the client to deal with tough situations.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a comprehensive cognitive-behavioral treatment developed by Marsha M. Linehan for the treatment of complex, difficult-to-treat mental disorders. Originally, DBT was developed to treat individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD; Carson-Wong, Rizvi, & Steffel, 2013; Scheel, 2000). However, DBT has evolved into a treatment for multi-disordered individuals with BPD. In addition, DBT has been adapted for the treatment of other behavioral disorders involving emotional dysregulation, for example, substance abuse, binge eating, and for settings, such as inpatient and partial hospitalization. Dimeff and Linehan (2001) described five functions involved in comprehensive DBT treatment. The first function DBT serves is enhancing behavioral capabilities. Secondly, it improves motivation to change by modifying inhibitions and reinforcement. Third, it assures that new capabilities can be generalize to the natural environment. Fourth, DBT structures the treatment environment in the ways essential to support client and therapist capabilities. Finally, DBT enhances therapist capabilities and motivation to treat clients effectively. In standard DBT, these functions are divided into modes for treatment (Dimeff & Linehan, Dialectical behavior therapy in a nutshell, 2001).
As a student in the school system, there are many mental conditions that could affect how they perform on a daily basis. One of the most prevalent is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This is defined as “a disorder characterized by a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity (Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine). There is much research that is currently being done on this subject as it does impact many students in the K-12 system. As of 2011, it was estimated that around 11% of students had been diagnosed with ADHD. While seems like a small amount of students, it equates to about 6.4 million (Data & Statistics). A huge amount of children in school are having trouble focusing in
Due to this, it would make sense to combine this therapy with one that is better able to build therapeutic relationships, such as client-centered therapy. The process of behavior therapy is diverse because it can consist of “individual meetings with a therapist, but it may also be administered in groups or with families or couples…interventions are usually administered by a therapist, but they may also be directed by others” including parents, teachers, and health-care professionals (Corsini & Wedding, 2014, p 203). Such a process allows behavioral therapy a widely accessible form of therapy to various people, not just therapists. Behavior therapists once relied on learning principles such as reinforcement, punishment, and extinction to explain the effects of treatment, however now “models based on information processing, emotional processing, and cognitive reappraisal have been advanced to explain the process by which clients change during behavior therapy” (Corsini & Wedding, 2014, p 205). The cognitive aspects that behavior therapy speaks of can be easily related to and used with cognitive therapy. The use of behavior therapy has been demonstrated in numerous studies with a vast majority of psychological problems “including anxiety disorders, depression, substance-use
Cognitive behavioral therapy earliest inventors were behaviorist, such as Skinner, Watson, and Pavlov. They’re the ones who led to the advancement for behavioral treatment of mental disorders. Behavioral modification is a technique that uses positive and negative reinforcements to change a particular behavior and reaction to a stimulus. Behavioral therapist only focused on an individual’s behavior not their thoughts. During this era, psychologists applied B.F. Skinner’s radical behaviorism to clinical work. Much of these studies focused on chronic psychiatric disorders, such as autism and psychotic behavior. His methods also focus...
The first stage in the psychodynamic therapy process is, The initial stage. In this stage the therapist should learn about the problems that patient is facing, their defense mechanisms, make sure they both have an understanding of what the main goals are, and then determine which is the best approach and treatment for the patient
Furthermore, my goal is to let client fix their problems on their own through insight and guidance from the therapist. I envision a successful therapeutic process being when a client follows their goals and achieves positive outcomes in their lives. I seek to gain a therapeutic process with my clients by building rapport, trust, and helping them gain insight. When my clients are stuck and need motivation, I plan to remind them about their goals and the positive things that will come with change. If family is important to a client, informing the client about their family and their happiness may help motivate them to continue to
A behavioral intervention plan (BIP) is designed for a specific child to try to help that child learn to change her or his behavior. Once the function of a student 's behavior has been determined, the Individual Education Program (IEP) Team should develop the behavior intervention plan A behavioral intervention plan can be thought of as a plan to support the student in order to help him or her change behavior. Effective support plans consist of multiple interventions or support strategies and are not punishment. Positive behavioral intervention plans increase the acquisition and use of new alternative skills, decrease the problem behavior and facilitate general improvements in the quality of life of the individual, his or her family, and
It is rare to find one behavioral intervention that addresses the function of a problem behavior in each situation and setting. Positive behavioral support strategies should therefore include multicomponent intervention plans. Begin by developing a hypothesis regarding the undesirable behavior. The hypothesis statement is a summary of the evidence collected in the functional assessment.
Cognitive behavior therapy has been proven to work in many different areas and presenting problems. One area that was not mention above that would significantly improve the outcome of any given therapy is the willingness of the client to accept treatment. The goal of cognitive behavior therapy is to focus on the present and to help the client identify their own strengths, learn new tools or techniques that they can use on their everyday life, and to be able to identify the different thought, emotional, and behavioral patterns that lead to undesirable
In a closer view of some these distinguished therapy techniques described by Shelder (2010), we can infer that the established patterns in behaviors,