Behavioral Therapy Behavior is the way in which a person, organism, or group responds to a certain set of conditions. "The initial task of a behavior therapist is to identify an understand the client's presenting problem(s)" (pg. 215 Corsini & Wedding) After identifying the clients problem(s) the therapist then proceeds to find the variables that maybe responsible for the problem(s). In class on Wednesday the group talked about a lot of things …showed first 75 words of 651 total…

…showed last 75 words of 651 total…person will cut back on the behavior. This is called Schedule of reinforcement. Like all other types of therapy the therapist must gain the respect of the client for it to work. The goal of behavior therapy is to make the client recognize what he or she needs to change and which one to target first. Then by using one of the types of behavior therapies help the client change his or her unwanted behavior.