BEHAVIOUR THERAPY

Behaviour therapy is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on changing undesirable behaviours. It involves identifying objectionable, maladaptive behaviours and replacing them with healthier types of behaviour. Behaviour therapy deals with changing and eliminating unwanted behaviour.
– Since learned behaviour pattern tend to weaken and disappear over time if they are not reinforced, the simplest way to eliminate a maladaptive pattern is often to remove the reinforcement for it. This is especially true in situations where maladaptive behaviour is being reinforced unknowingly by others.
– Positive reinforcement is often used in response shaping, it means establishing a response that is not initially in the individual’s behaviour repertoire. In shaping behaviour successive approximation is reinforced in order to increase the likelihood of behaviour.

Techniques:
– Reinforcement
– Token economy
– Modelling
– Systematic Desensitization
– Implosive Therapy
Techniques of behaviour therapy effectively used in child, adolescent and anxiety disorder with good efficacy.