Behavior therapyIn behavior therapy, the behavior of the client is central. How one acts determines to an important extent how one feels. In the course of our lives, we have learnt many behaviors. Behavior therapy assumes that it also possible to unlearn behavior. Who is inclined to avoid some things from fear, will often reinforce his fear more than diminishing it. Who doesn’t know well how to bring over his opinion, will rather become uncertain or just irritated. Who has not learnt how to get a grip on himself, will easily become a victim of his own impulsivity.In the therapy, one is working on a concrete problem or on a particular complaint. Stepwise the client works at an initially formulated target. In a behavior therapy the client can learn how to deal with things differently, so that he has lesser burden from the problem that is central in the therapy. A behavior therapist often works with exercises and tasks. In an initial phase of behavior therapy, all the problematical behaviors and the circumstances in which they appear, are mapped. Then the client is helped to react with more adaptive behavior patterns to these circumstances. Before various exercises become and homework done. The listing of problem behavior as well as the finding and practicing of new, more fitting behavior, are a joint enterprise of client and psychotherapist. |