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About the Author - from Counseling and the Demonic
Full text linkAbout the Author from Counseling and the Demonic by Rodger K Buffor
Models of Mental Illness
Full text linkExcerpt: Although the concept of mental illness is central to the field of mental health and the practice of counseling, there is continuing disagreement about its definition. Several views are widely held. Each has important implications for understanding mental illness, determining which conditions are disorders and who has them, and choosing appropriate approaches to treatment. This controversy involves several important issues
Behavioral Psychology
Full text linkExcerpt: Behavioral psychology is concerned with the conditions involved in development, maintenance, and control of the behavior of individuals and other organisms. Behavioral approaches have been developed in many areas of applied psychology. These raise a number of issues important from a Christian perspective
Assessment and Diagnosis of Demonic Influence - Chapter 9 of Counseling and the Demonic
Full text linkChapter 9 of Counseling and the Demonic by Rodger K Buffor
Application of Behavioral Approaches to Child Rearing (Chapter 7 from The Human Reflex)
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Principles of Behavior Therapy and Behavior Modification (Chapter 5 from The Human Reflex)
Full text linkThis chapter examines the theoretical aspects of the application of behavioral psychology (technically, the experimental analysis of behavior) to the process of behavior therapy. Beginning with a brief history, we will then discuss the definition of behavior therapy and behavior modification, survey a conception of problem behavior that grows out of the behavioral approach, examine basic approaches to behavior therapy, look at specific behavior change techniques, discuss biblical parallels, and consider several areas of controversy
Poster: Civil War Trauma in South Sudan
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Flooding
Full text linkExcerpt: A behavioral approach used in elimination of unwanted fears or phobias. In flooding the client either is directly exposed to or imagines highly frightening events in a protected setting. Presumably the fear-inducing stimuli will lose their influence once the individual is fully exposed to them and discovers that no harm occurs. Following a discussion of the person\u27s fears, the person is then asked to imagine the most feared situation. The therapist describes the salient fearful elements to enhance visualization. Thus an individual who is fearful of elevators is asked to imagine boarding a glass-enclosed high-speed elevator, then watching through the glass as the elevator rapidly rises from the ground level to the twentieth floor
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