Mental Health FOR

The Cognitive behavioral FOR works on

thoughts and reactions related to triggers in the environment.

• deep breathing can help generate a calmer physical response to anxiety triggers

• another example of an intervention using this approach is journaling to help identify triggers for ones anxiety

the psychodynamic FOR

suggests that unresolved childhood events are the reason for dysfunction

• an intervention is usually discussion based

the cognitive disability FOR uses

the clients strengths to allow for function

• intervention example is training caregivers to provide appropriate environmental supports for the client

the behavioral FOR relies on

the idea that behavior is learned and that it can be unlearned

• these interventions generally involve types of reinforcement for desired behaviors such as token economies and social skills training