Functional Analytic Psychotherapy

1Introduction.- Philosophical Tenets of Radical Behaviorism.- Contextual Nature of Knowledge and Reality.- Nonmentalistic View of Behavior: The Focus on Environmental Variables That Control Behavior.- Focal Interest in Verbal Behavior Controlled by Directly Observed Events.- Theoretical Underpinnings of FAP.- Reinforcement.- Specification of Clinically Relevant Behavior.- Arranging for Generalization.- 2Clinical Application of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy.- Client Problems and Clinically Relevant Behaviors.- CRB1: Client Problems That Occur in Session.- CRB2: Client Improvements That Occur in Session.- CRB3: Client Interpretations of Behavior.- Assessment.- Therapeutic Technique-The Five Rules.- Rule 1: Watch for CRBs.- Rule 2: Evoke CRBs.- Rule 3: Reinforce CRB2s.- Rule 4: Observe the Potentially Reinforcing Effects of Therapist Behavior in Relation to Client CRBs.- Rule 5: Give Interpretations of Variables That Affect Client Behavior.- Case Illustration.- 3Supplementation:Enhancing Therapist Awareness of Clinically Relevant Behavior.- Classification of Verbal Behavior.- The FAP Client Response Classification System.- Classification and the Observation of Clinically Relevant Behavior.- Examples of Classifications of Client Responses.- Therapeutic Situations That Frequently Evoke Clinically Relevant Behavior.- 4The Role of Emotions and Memories in Behavior Change.- Emotions.- Learning the Meanings of Feelings.- Feelings as Causes of Behavior.- Expressing Feelings.- Avoiding Feelings.- Degree of Contact with Controlling Variables.- Memories.- Clinical Implications.- Offer a Behavioral Rationale for Getting in Touch with Feelings.- Increase Private Control of Feelings.- Increase Therapist Expression of Feelings.- Enhance Client Contact with Controlling Variables.- Case Illustration.- 5Cognitions and Beliefs.- Cognitive Therapy.- Problems with Cognitive Therapy and the ABC Paradigm.- Revised Formulation of Cognitive Therapy.- The FAP Revision of A ? B ? C.-