Behavoir Therapy Behavior Therapy Behavior Therapy is based on the principles and procedures of the scientific method. Experimentally derived principles of learning are systematically applied to help people change their maladaptive behaviors. Behavior Therapists feel that behavior can be predicted and controlled. Behavior therapy increases the number of response options a person can make to a situation or stimulus. In this manner, it gives a client more freedom.
Behavior therapists apply research findings to influence behavior.
The purpose of the therapy is to help the patient acquire functional behaviors that maximize independence and facilitate an individual's life goals. Behavior Therapists feel that behavior is learned as a result of the consequences that follow. Behavior Therapists adhere to specification and measurement. They state treatment goals in concrete and objective terms. Behavior therapists may use different techniques but feel that the techniques must be under expert control.