Type of Therapy | Founder | Source of Problems | Treatment Techniques | Goals of Therapy |
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Behavior therapy | Based on classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning | Learned maladaptive behavior patterns | Systematic desensitization, virtual reality, aversive conditioning, reinforcement and extinction, token economy, contingency management interventions, observational learning | To unlearn maladaptive behaviors and replace them with adaptive, appropriate behaviors |