PCN 500 Grand Canyon Week 4 Assignment

Details:

Read the “Case Study Analysis.”

Select one of the following theories that you feel best applies to treating the client in the case study:

1-    Behavioral

2-    Rational Emotive Behavioral

Write a 750-1,000-word analysis of the case study using the theory you chose. Include the following in your analysis.

1-    What concepts of the theory make it the most appropriate for the client in the case study?

2-    Why did you choose this theory over the others?

3-    What will be the goals of counseling and what intervention strategies are used to accomplish those goals?

4-    Is the theory designed for short- or long-term counseling?

5-    What will be the counselor’s role with this client?

6-    What is the client’s role in counseling?

7-    For what population(s) is this theory most appropriate? How does this theory address the social and cultural needs of the client?

8-    What additional information might be helpful to know about this case?

9-    What may be a risk in using this approach?

Besides the course textbook, include at least three scholarly references in your paper.

Each response to the assignment prompts should be addressed under a separate heading in your paper. Refer to “APA Headings and Seriation,” located on the Purdue Owl website for help in formatting the headings.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

Behavioral and Rational Emotive Behavioral Theories

Introduction

Behavioral and rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) is one of the most widely used forms of psychotherapy. REBT has been used to help treat people with various disorders, including depression, anxiety, gambling addiction, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and others. The goal of REBT is to help clients make sense of the world around them by challenging their irrational thoughts and emotions.

What is Behaviorism?

Behaviorism is a school of thought that argues that psychology should be a science. It focuses on observable behavior, and has been heavily influenced by B. F. Skinner’s work in the 1950s and 60s.

Although behaviorism developed independently from other schools of thought, it was often associated with them because they shared many common objectives: to create an empirically-based psychology that could be measured through observation; to understand human behavior at its simplest level; and to develop techniques for measuring those measurements scientifically

Understanding Stimulus and Response

The stimulus and response relationship is a basic way of thinking about behavior. It involves two people, or things: the stimulus (the event that causes your response) and the response (your action).

For example, you hear a loud noise at work. Your body responds by jumping in surprise and eventually calming down again. This can happen because you have learned that loud noises mean something bad is happening—like an angry boss who’s ready to yell at you! Now imagine what would happen if instead of hearing someone yell “Fire!” on TV or radio during an emergency broadcast system test, they said “Go ahead with your plans for tomorrow.” You might not even notice the difference between these two situations; however, their outcomes would very likely be different based on how people react when faced with unexpected events at work.

Positive Reinforcement

Positive reinforcement is a reward given after a desired behavior. The reward can be tangible or intangible, such as praise, food and drink, money or other material items.

The key element of positive reinforcement is that it must be something the person wants. If you want your child to do his homework, then giving him ice cream after he completes it is not positive reinforcement because he doesn’t really want the ice cream (although I guess if you were starving, maybe).

Negative Reinforcement

Negative reinforcement is the process in which a behavior is rewarded by the removal of an aversive stimulus. This can be seen in workplace situations where employees are praised for good work, or it can be seen in everyday life where kids get candy when they finish their chores.

In the workplace, negative reinforcement occurs when you give your employees a raise as well as an award for being named “Employee of Month”. This can be seen as positive feedback on how much your organization values its workers and encourages them to do their best work every day.

Punishment

Punishment is a negative reinforcement that occurs when the behavior it follows decreases in frequency. For example, if you are prone to spending money on unnecessary items or eating too much junk food, then punishment could be effective if your family decides to limit your spending or give you a gift card for buying only healthy food. However, punishment can also backfire if used incorrectly; for example:

• If your mother puts up a new screen door even though she knows how much time and energy it takes to maintain its condition (e.g., cleaning), then she is punishing herself by making her life harder than necessary because of this one action (i.e., banning screens).

• If someone spanks their child every time he misbehaves but they don’t do anything else to help him learn better behavior habits (e.g., teach him how good he would feel when making good choices), then this parent may be using unnecessary anger as punishment which will eventually lead them into acting out more aggressively against their child again later on down the road

How Does This Apply to the Workplace?

If you’re interested in understanding how people make decisions, behavioral and rational emotive theories can help. These theories are especially useful when it comes to understanding workplace behavior.

Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)

REBT is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on how our beliefs and attitudes affect our emotions and behaviors. It’s based on the idea that negative thoughts can cause us to feel bad about ourselves and act in ways that are not helpful.

In REBT, people learn new ways of thinking and behaving through cognitive therapy, which helps them identify their own irrational beliefs about themselves or others so they can change them for the better.

Conclusion

REBT is a powerful tool for helping people to change their behavior, and it can be successfully applied in an office setting. The key is to make sure that everyone in your company benefits from this, whether they’re new hires or experienced employees. If you want more information on how REBT works and how it might benefit your workplace, check out our blog post about the topic here: “How Does Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) Work?”