title: Insight in behavior therapy.
abstract: Behavior therapists make frequent use of insight, but avoid the term because dynamic therapists have formulated it in terms of the unconscious. Insight does not necessarily imply belief in the existence of the "unconscious mind." Behavioral insight consists of making the client aware of the antecedents and consequences of target behavior. Case studies are presented in which behavioral insight was involved in therapeutic change. Implications of behavioral insight for behavior therapy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Behavior Therapy Institute, Sudbury, MA 01776.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cautela
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology