The behavioral trend in psychotherapy is one of the most popular today. Behavioral psychotherapy includes a large number of different aspects: emotional, verbal, motivational and other manifestations. Specialists using this direction mainly focus on the external behavior of a person. In their opinion, all disorders of the psyche are associated with a violation of human adaptation in the surrounding world and appear due to incorrect behavior of the individual. Behavioral psychotherapy is aimed at correcting behavior and teaching new appropriate behavior. Often an expert is asked to correct the child's behavior , teach the person to communicate with the opposite sex, help the person get rid of the fear of speaking to the audience.
Behavioral family psychotherapy
There is such a thing as group behavioral psychotherapy. Speaking of her, we can not fail to mention family psychotherapy . There are several directions in it:
- Family psychoanalytic therapy. Its action is aimed at changing the personalities of family members. This is done so that they can interact normally with each other at the present time, without recalling past grievances.
- Family counseling. The psychotherapist analyzes the situation, while determining the role relationships in the family. The specialist is looking for a way to solve the problem of the couple through the personal resources of the spouses.
- Family systemic psychotherapy. One of the most effective and developing areas. The family is a full-fledged system that must develop, while maintaining the established foundations. The doctor helps to deal with crises, reconstructing and correcting the relationships within the family. If the result is positive, the family should acquire new functions and bear changes without sacrificing each member of the family.
- Strategic family psychotherapy. The specialist must develop an effective way to solve a particular problem.