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Behaviour Therapy

Behaviour Therapy is an excellent and effective “first line of treatment” to manage various psychological and psychiatric problems in children and adults alike.

Sukoon Counselling offers a robust range of Behaviour Therapy to overcome various mental health issues by changing negative behaviours to improve overall functioning with science-based tools and strategies.

Manage, change and replace negative behaviour and thoughts with the help of behaviour therapist Dr Kirti Chowdhury. 

We offer personalized counselling services designed to address stress, anxiety, exam pressure, and emotional challenges with practical solutions. Whether you’re seeking guidance for personal growth, academic performance, or better mental wellbeing, our sessions are tailored to your unique needs, ensuring support that truly makes a difference.

What is Behaviour Therapy?

Behaviour therapy is an effective type of psychotherapy that identifies and corrects unhealthy and unhelpful thoughts and feelings that lead to negative thoughts and learned behaviours. 

Behaviour Therapy is:

  • Action-orientated 
  • Goal-orientated
  • Evidence-Based

What is Behaviour Therapy?

Common Types of Behaviour Therapy

Sukoon Counselling brings you a proactive range of Behaviour Therapy that addresses a wide range of mental health issues and learning disabilities. 

A shared therapeutic journey which offers you a kind, secure and trustworthy space to come out of the tangles of life.

CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) works as a short-term psychotherapy to reshape maladaptive cognitions in human thinking that usually drives emotional distress and undesired behaviour. 

CBT is:

  • Short-term (usually 6-20 sessions)
  • Practical and goal-orientated
  • Structured
  • Teaches strategies and skills to manage distorted thinking.

What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) used for?

CBT acts as a powerful treatment for alleviating symptoms of mental health issues in adults and children. 

  • Depression
  • Generalised Anxiety Disorders
  • Anger management issues
  • ADHD (Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
  • Substance abuse 
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Eating Disorders

Common Techniques Used in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Practise CBT techniques to break cycles of anxiety, depression, and stress.

  • Cognitive Restructuring (Reframing)
  • Exposure Therapy
  • Role Playing
  • Behavioural Experiments
  • Successive Approximation, or “Shaping” in CBT
  • Socratic Questioning
  • Guided Discovery
  • Journaling 

Common Techniques Used in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy)

Some experience emotions very intensely and have a hard time regulating them. Sukoon Counselling offers a specialised form of talk therapy that is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). 

Our DBT therapist helps people to come face-to-face with the reality of their life. With validation comes acceptance and most importantly, the need to change. This brings forth self-realisation, crucial for understanding, managing, and, most importantly, regulating emotions. With healthier ways to control intense emotions, it is a proven therapy to break free from the vicious cycle of negative emotions and behaviour. 

What is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) used for?

What is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) used for?

Developed mainly to treat Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), DBT is also used to treat other mental health issues such as:

  • Depression and Anxiety
  • Self-harm
  • Suicidal behaviour
  • Eating Disorders—Bulimia and Binge Eating
  • Substance Use Disorder

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Services offered by Sukoon Counselling

  • Individual DBT therapy
  • DBT skills training in groups
  • Relationship Counselling
  • Relaxation Therapy
  • Telephone crisis coaching

DBT Core Skills and Techniques

  • Dialectics
  • DBT Mindfulness Exercise
  • Chain Analysis
  • Validation
  • Mindfulness
  • Distress Tolerance
  • Emotion Regulation

ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis)

At its core, ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis) is the science of learning and behaviour. It offers a flexible framework on the core principle of operant conditioning. 

To enumerate, 

  • Positive Reinforcement: Increase positive behaviour using positive reinforcements (rewards). 
  • Antecedent, Behaviour, Consequence (ABCs): Watch out for what happened before and during the behaviour and what the consequence was. 
  • Generalisation: Ensuring that the skills learned are used in social settings too.

ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis)

ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis) is Commonly Used For 

Often called the “gold standard”, Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) is helpful for supporting autism and other developmental conditions.

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  • Developmental Delays
  • Behavioural Issues
  • ADHD

Benefits of ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis)

ABA addresses:

  • Self-care
  • Communication with parents, family, teachers, peers, etc.
  • Social skills
  • Reduce challenging behaviours like anger, agitation, and tantrums.

Common ABA Teaching Methods & Techniques

Sukoon Counselling offers two types of ABA therapy models depending on the case.

  • Comprehensive ABA
  • Focused ABA

Common ABA techniques to build skills and encourage positive behaviour are:

  • Discrete Trial Training (DTT)
  • Natural Environment Teaching (NET)
  • Pivotal Response Training (PRT)
  • Chaining
  • Prompting and Fading

BA (Behavioural Activation) 

Behavioural activation works on “action before motivation”.

Issues related to mood arise from avoidance and low reinforcement. For those struggling with major depressive disorder, mood swings, and anxiety, finding motivation and energy is a continuous struggle.

Our Behavioural Activation (BA) therapy works as a powerful therapeutic technique to increase engagement in rewarding activities to boost mood. Instead of modifying thoughts, BA therapy focuses on boosting experiences using activities. 

Core Behavioural Activation Techniques

Behavioural activation therapy sessions are structured and action-focused that helps you to stick with the plan of staying active. 

Our Behaviour Activation starts with essential steps to help you:

  • Plan activities to boost your mood.
  • Make sure that you are doing the basics.
  • Schedule daily, weekly, and monthly activity planners to keep you engaged in meaningful activities.
  • Monitor daily activities using a worksheet to find out how mood changes as one does daily activities. 
  • Help you select activities such as art and movement, sculpting, music, exercise, etc. In short, an activity menu that aligns with your values.
  • Review activity monitoring.
  • Troubleshoot resistance to avoid failure or relapse.

Why Choose Sukoon Counselling for Behavioural Therapy?

Why Choose Sukoon Counselling for Behavioural Therapy?

Whether the goal is to rewire thoughts or patterns, manage intense emotions, build life skills, improve self-control, or overcome low motivation, our framework ensures that you get the help that you need. Assimilate behaviour therapy into daily life and improve the overall quality of life.

Sukoon Counselling is the brainchild of trained and certified therapist Dr Kirti Chowdhury. We understand that behaviour therapy is not a “one-size-fits-all”. Hence, we take a detailed assessment, evaluation, and monitoring process so that we find the “Right Fit” for you.

Contact us for a consultation.

FAQs 

DBT is an effective treatment to regulate intense, negative emotions that lead to negative and harmful behaviours.

  • Reducing impulsivity
  • Preventing harmful behaviours
  • Setting Boundaries
  • Interpersonal effectiveness
  • Distress tolerance
  • Emotion regulation
  • Controlling your emotions

In autism, ABA improves independence and quality of life. Also, an early intervention with ABA therapy has shown to improve academic performance as well as speech abilities in children with learning disabilities.

Both CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) focus on changing unhelpful and negative thinking patterns to change behaviour.

However, DBT, which is a specialised form of CBT, focuses more on “dialectics”—striking a balance between accepting yourself as you are and realising the need for a change.

This depends on your issues. Self-diagnosis and treatment don’t yield positive results. Rather, a certified psychologist shall recommend one or a combination of therapies to reach your specific goals:

  • CBT is widely used for eating disorders, substance abuse, anxiety or phobias.
  • DBT is recommended for borderline personality disorder, self-harm, and suicidal behaviour.
  • BA works greatly for depression.
  • ABA is suitable for autism and learning disabilities.

Yes. Today modern psychology works on integrating therapies to address multiple issues simultaneously. 

While every individual is different, usually a minimum of 8-12 sessions are required to see actual results, provided that the patient practises the skills as a habit outside of the clinic too.

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