Behaviour therapy is a broad term referring to therapies that use techniques derived from field of psychology. It looks at specific, learned behaviours and how the environment, or other people’s mental states, influences those behaviours, and consists of techniques based on various behavioral theories.
Behaviourists who practice these techniques are cognitive-behavioural therapists. They tend to look for treatment outcomes that are objectively measurable. Behaviour therapy does not involve one specific method, but it has a wide range of techniques that can be used to treat a person’s psychological problems. Some of the behavioral therapy approaches used at Speranza are Cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive restructuring, positive reinforcement, habituation (or desensitisation), operant and classical conditioning, imitation, and modelling.
Applied behaviour analysis (ABA), one of the mostly used techniques for neurodevelopmental disorders, is the application of behaviour analysis that focuses on functionally assessing how behaviour is influenced by the observable learning environment and how to change such behaviour through contingency management or exposure therapies, which are used throughout clinical behaviour analysis therapies or other interventions based on the same learning principles.
Another technique being Cognitive-behavioural therapy which views cognition and emotions as preceding overt behaviour and implements treatment plans in psychotherapy to lessen the issue by managing competing thoughts and emotions, often in conjunction with behavioural learning principles.
Speranza places an emphasis on helping individuals learn to be their own therapists. Through exercises in the session as well as “homework” exercises outside of sessions, patients/clients are helped to develop coping skills, whereby they can learn to change their own thinking, problematic emotions, and behavior.
Speranza places an emphasis on helping individuals learn to be their own therapists. Through exercises in the session as well as “homework” exercises outside of sessions, patients/clients are helped to develop coping skills, whereby they can learn to change their own thinking, problematic emotions, and behavior.
At Speranza, Behavioral therapy is provided to:
- Children and their families how to strengthen positive child behaviors and eliminate or reduce unwanted or problem behaviors.
- Specific parent and teacher training in behavior management. The therapist works with parents and/or teachers to learn or improve skills to manage their child’s behavior. Parents and/or teachers are encouraged to practice the skills with their child, either during the therapy session or at home. Parents and/or teachers can also be trained in behavior management to help the child at their childcare center or school.
- With older children or adolescents where the therapist usually works directly with the child to teach them how to choose positive behaviors. Parents can be involved to support and strengthen the skills their child is learning.
- Children with neurodevelopmental disorders like Autism, Intellectual disability, ADHD, Global development delay and so on.
- Adolescents with disruptive behaviour disorder who may respond well to family therapy, an approach that includes multiple members of the family and focuses on learning better communication skills and ways to settle conflicts.
- Adolescents with depression who may respond well to interpersonal psychotherapy, an approach in which the therapists help the adolescents learn ways to handle relationship problems.
- Adults with depression, anxiety, relationship issues.
- Individuals who require Social skills training where any competence facilitating interaction and communication with others is facilitated. In such therapies, individuals are taught to create social rules and relations along with communicating them in verbal and nonverbal ways.