Behaviour Therapy
A private melting pot-where biology of our system integrates with our personal life experiences-human behaviour is a complex spectacle. If it owes its shaping to our inborn biological connections handed over by generations of human consciousness at one end, at the other it is linked to our mental observations, deductions, and associations of life events. A number of visible and unseen factors are active at all times to make us what we are, to guide us the way we behave, and to prompt us to function the way we do.
Unearthing the pieces of this jigsaw puzzle is not easy, yet taking cue from psychological experiments scientists have identified many of the operative mechanisms that formulate our behaviour. Using the very principles, suitable therapies have evolved that can mould the human behaviour to eliminate a number of psychological illnesses. They employ diverse strategies. Some are aimed at erasing irrational fears through systematic desensitization, some try to extinguish anxieties by forcing a back-to-the-wall situation, others work on the age-old principle of reward and punishment, and still others emphasize that human behaviour can also be changed through emulation of role models and tuition in social skills.
Psychologists use these strategies to treat clinical situations, while modern age gurus apply them to teach us the art of living. Feel interested? Let us take a peep into the world of these novel therapeutic strategies.
Note: This is a guest post by Simon Slade. When not working on business ventures, he is dedicated to health and fitness.
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