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Briefly explain how behaviour therapy from the founder B. F. Skinner's operant conditioning theory applies to mental health counselling.

Describe one benefit and one deficit in this theory in the practice of mental health counseling

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Behavior therapy in respect to operant conditioning applies to mental health counseling due to the fact that mental health counselors are responsible for providing information to their clients as to the reason for some of the detrimental effect that certain activities have on their mental well-being. In this respect mental health counselors can explain to their clients that the detrimental effects upon their mental well-being that they receive for engaging in certain activities is a ...

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