PSY 4 E 03: THERAPEUTIC
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES - II
UNIT–I: Behaviouristic Perspective
TOPIC: ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOUR
THERAPY
, ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY
Ref: Robert E. Alberti
Assertive Behaviour Therapy (also known as Assertiveness
Training, Assertion Training, or Social Skills Training) is a procedure
which trains the client in socially appropriate behaviours for self-
expression of feelings, attitudes, wishes, opinions, and rights.
Included in the procedure are: Skills training, in which specific verbal
and nonverbal behaviours are taught, practiced, and integrated into the
client’s behavioural repertoire. Anxiety reduction, which may be
achieved directly (for example, through desensitization or other
counter-conditioning procedures), or indirectly, as a by-product of
skills training.
Cognitive restructuring, in which values, beliefs, cognitions,
and/or attitudes that limit the client’s self-expression may be changed
by insight, exhortation, or behavioural achievements.
TECHNIQUE
Skills training techniques include modeling, behaviour
rehearsal, systematic feedback and coaching, homework assignments,
games and exercises, journals, and systematic assessment. Treatment
of choice is often in a therapy or training group in order to provide an
adequate social environment, except for highly anxious and inhibited
clients. The emphasis is usually on rehearsal and coaching of
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES - II
UNIT–I: Behaviouristic Perspective
TOPIC: ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOUR
THERAPY
, ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY
Ref: Robert E. Alberti
Assertive Behaviour Therapy (also known as Assertiveness
Training, Assertion Training, or Social Skills Training) is a procedure
which trains the client in socially appropriate behaviours for self-
expression of feelings, attitudes, wishes, opinions, and rights.
Included in the procedure are: Skills training, in which specific verbal
and nonverbal behaviours are taught, practiced, and integrated into the
client’s behavioural repertoire. Anxiety reduction, which may be
achieved directly (for example, through desensitization or other
counter-conditioning procedures), or indirectly, as a by-product of
skills training.
Cognitive restructuring, in which values, beliefs, cognitions,
and/or attitudes that limit the client’s self-expression may be changed
by insight, exhortation, or behavioural achievements.
TECHNIQUE
Skills training techniques include modeling, behaviour
rehearsal, systematic feedback and coaching, homework assignments,
games and exercises, journals, and systematic assessment. Treatment
of choice is often in a therapy or training group in order to provide an
adequate social environment, except for highly anxious and inhibited
clients. The emphasis is usually on rehearsal and coaching of
