Clyde Is a Therapist Who Uses a Behaviorist Model of Counseling

Multiple Choice

Clyde is a therapist who uses a behaviorist model of counseling. He helps his clients identify antecedents, that is, things right before that make a behavior more likely to occur; and positive reinforcements, that is, things right after a behavior that make it more likely to recur. Then Clyde and his clients work together on arranging antecedents and positive reinforcements in their environments to promote desired behaviors. Which of the following ways from your text of helping clients move to action does this most resemble?

A) Help clients identify unused resources that can facilitate action
B) Help clients find incentives and rewards for action
C) Help clients develop action-focused self-contracts
D) Use feedback as a way of helping clients move to life-enhancing action