Don’t be a Sith

Remember this scene from Episode III? Yes, yes – Obi-Wan’s statement is in and of itself an absolute but … More

Practice makes Tolerable

Desensitization is a technique used in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to … More

Ask

One skill taught in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy involves helping folks use Socratic questions to challenge unhelpful or ineffective interpretations of … More

Don’t Think

I’m going to take a break from the series on parenting this week and shift gears a bit. I’ll wrap … More

Behavioral Techniques In Parenting, Part V- Instruction, Modeling, Role- Play and Reinforcement

We are going to revisit reinforcement in this article within the context of another behavior change strategy. This strategy involves … More

Behavioral Techniques In Parenting, Part IV: Correction-Overcorrection

In our second article of the series, we discussed positive and negative punishment. In this article, we are going to … More

Behavioral Techniques In Parenting, Part III: Extinction

In our first article in the series, we looked at how positive and negative reinforcement is sometimes used by parents, … More

Behavioral Techniques In Parenting Part II: Punishment

Our last article in the series discussed reinforcement, a term used to describe a technique that seeks to increase a … More

Behavioral Techniques In Parenting Part I: Reinforcement

Many of us use behavioral psychology every day in responding to the behaviors of our children. Many times, however, we … More