BEHAVORIAL/COGNITIVE
MODELS
LEADING FIGURES
BF SKINNER
LIBERMAN
ALBERT BANDURA
BECK AND ELLIS
BASIC PRINICPLES
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REACTION AGAINST PSYCHODYNAMIC
APPROACHES (SEEN AS UNSCIENTIFIC)
 APPLICATION OF LEARNING THEORY (ALL
BEHAVIOR IS LEARNED, CAN BE
UNLEARNED, RELEARNED)
 APPLIED TO FAMILY SYSTEMS (NO NEED
TO WORK WITH ENTIRE SYSTEM)
 NO NEED TO UNDERSTAND UNDERLYING
INTRAPSYCHIC OR INTERPERSONAL
CAUSES
BASIC PRINCIPLES

BEHAVIORS CAN BE CHANGED THROUGH
USING REINFORCEMENTS
* BEHAVIORAL PARENT TRAINING
 THERAPIST’S ROLE IS AS TEACHER,
COACH, MODEL
 APPLYING BEHAVIORAL PRINCIPLES IN
COUPLES THERAPY
* OPERANT CONDITIONING
(SHAPING BEHAVIOR)
 CONTINGENCY CONTRACTS (QUID PRO
QUO)
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY
A NEED TO TAKE COGNITITIONS
INTO CONSIDERATION
* THOUGHTS
* IMAGES
 COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING
* COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS (ABC)
* FUNCTIONAL VERSUS
DYSFUNCTIONAL
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ROLE OF ASSESSMENT
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BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS
* ASSESSMENT OF PRESENTING
PROBLEM
* QUANTIFYING (HOW OFTEN? FOR
HOW LONG?)
* ANTECEDANTS/CONSEQUENCES
 COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
* ANALYSIS OF INNER EXPERIENCES
(THOUGHTS, ATTITUDES, EXPECTATIONS, BELIEFS)
COMMONALITIES OF ALL
BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES
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A DIRECT FOCUS ON OBSERVABLE
BEHAVIOR, SUCH AS SYMPTOMS,
RATHER THAN AN EFFORT TO
HYPOTHESIZE ABOUT CAUSALITY
 A CAREFUL, ONGOING ASSESSMENT OF
THE SPECIFIC, USUALLY OVERT,
BEHAVIOR TO BE ALTERED
 A CONCERN WITH EITHER INCREASING
OR DECREASING TARGETED BEHAVIOR
BY DIRECTLY MANIPULATING EXTERNAL
CONTINGENCIES OR REINFORCEMENTS
COMMONALITIES
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A STRIVING TO TEACH AND COACH
COMMUNICATION AND PROBLEM
SOLVING SKILLS
* ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING
* ACTIVE LISTENING
* CONFLICT MANANAGEMENT
 AN EFFORT TO TRAIN FAMILIES TO
MONITOR AND MODIFY THEIR OWN
REINFORCEMENT CONTINGENCIES
 A STANDARD OF EMPIRICALLY
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF
THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION
BEHAVIORAL FORMS OF
THERAPY
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BEHAVIORAL COUPLES THERAPY (LIBERMAN)
* PROBLEM SOLVING
* COMMUNICATION SKILLS
* CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
* CONTINGENCY CONTRACTS (see handout)
* COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS (see handout)
BEHAVIORAL PARENT TRAINING (PATTERSON)
* MODELING
* ANTECEDANTS AND REINFORCEMENTS (CONSEQUENCES)
* BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION (see
(handout)
FORMS OF THERAPY
FUNCTIONAL FAMILY THERAPY
* ALL BEHAVIOR SERVES A
FUNCTION (TO GET CLOSER,
MOVE FURTHER APART, OR
BOTH)
* CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR TO
SERVE THE FUNCTION- (see
handout)
 CONJOINT SEX THERAPY (MASTERS
AND JOHNSON)
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BEHAVIORAL/COGNITIVE
TECHNIQUES
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EDUCATION (VERBAL AND WRITTEN)
COMMUNICATION AND PROBLEMSOLVING SKILLS
OPERANT CONDITIONING TO SHAPE
BEHAVIOR (TOKEN ECONOMY)
COACHING (ISSUING DIRECTIVES)
CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING
(SOMETHING FOR SOMETHING)
EXTINCTION (REMOVING
REINFORCEMENTS)
SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION
TECHNIQUES
TIME-OUTS
 CHARTING (MEASURING)
 THOUGHT STOPPING
 DISPUTING IRRATIONAL BELIEFS
 POSITIVE SELF-TALK
 MODELING AND ROLE PLAYING
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