Treatment Steps in Behaviour Therapy
Behaviour therapy/counselling is used to help “clients acquire new coping skills, improve communication, or learn to break maladaptive habits and overcome self-defeating emotional conflicts” (Corsini & Wedding, 2000). The behavioural therapist/counsellor focuses on interpreting the client’s behaviour, emphasising a collaborative and positive relationship with the client and values the use of objectivity to assess and understand the client. As well as working with the principles of behaviour therapy, there are a number of steps a therapist can utilise when in a session with a client (adapted from Seligman, 2006): »
