3. Introduction
Burrhus Frederic Skinner
American Behaviorist Psychologist
Born on March 20, 1904 died on August 18, 1990
Father of operant conditioning
Behavior followed by pleasant consequences is likely
to be followed and behavior followed by unpleasant
consequences is likely to be less or vanish.
Reinforcement are responses from the environment
that increases the probability of a behavior.
Farhat Rasheed
4. The major concept of behavioral
counseling
It consists of acting, thinking and feeling
Counselors deals with behavioral disorders
People behave according to condition or
situations
Behavioral counseling explores client’s feeling
and emotions
Behavior is changeable
Involvement of client is must
Naila Rasheed
5. Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Behavioral Counseling
It refers to the counseling in which variety of
techniques are used to change maladaptive
behavior.
With behavioral counseling we can treat;
Anxiety disorder, general stress, anger control
problems, depression, somatoform disorders etc.
6. Basic assumption of behavioral
counseling
Experiences and interactions build the
behavior
Behavior is learned through conditioning
We are born as black slate
Behavior is observable
Behavioral theory assumes that the emotions
like anxiety or anger do not exist
Maladaptive behaviors are acquired through
learning
Mahwash Yaseen
7. Goals of Behavioral Counseling
To encourage the personal growth of client to
be brave
To encourage clients to be responsible for
their own experiences and actions
To guide clients to develop skills and values
Zakia Sattar
8. Role of the Client
Provide complete information about the problem
Ask questions about the session or process to
understand
Have a positive behavior and attitude during talk
therapy
Respect the counselor his words and works
Keep informing your counselor about health
progress and progress towards goals
Sidra Ghafoor
9. Role of the counselor
To help client to develop awareness and
experience the present moment
To focus on the whole person
To help the client to adapt new behavior
To treat mental health issues such as; relationship
problems, depression, anger management,
suicidal tendencies, parenting and stress
Encourage the client to enhance his desired
behavior and leave the bad behavior
Zarafshan Haider
10. Techniques
Analyze the behavior of client
Determine the mental, physical, social and
economical condition of client
Encourage the client to answer questions
honestly
Give guidelines about his/her phobias
Use reward and punishment for bringing
changes in behavior of client
Sana Shabir
11. Conclusion
To help the client to adapt new behavior
Punishment
Behavior is observable
Behavior is changeable
Involvement of client is must
Rabi Rahmatullah