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Originally Posted by childofchaos831
Yes. The T is taking away the crisis call, for a period of time, because the client acted in a behavior that they have been working on not doing. It's not meant to make the client feel bad for doing it, it is to not reinforce the behavior further. If the T takes the call, the client may see the conversation as more of a sympathizing than a skills training. DBT is skills training first, not really process oriented.
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On the other hand, couldn't the therapist not taking the call amplify the feelings that led to the self injury in the first place, leading to more self injury?
I've never done that kind of self harm, and am not that informed about it as others, so I'm wondering if you've considered that possibility.
There's also controversy as to what helps with DBT and certain conditions and what doesn't; things later proven to be more harmful. Hospitalizations for one. Well, depending on your source...
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Originally Posted by childofchaos831
Psychological definition of Punishment (which is what I was using in my post)
"In operant conditioning, punishment is any change in a human or animal's surroundings that occurs after a given behavior or response which reduces the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future. As with reinforcement, it is the behavior, not the animal, that is punished."
In psychology, punishment can be negative or positive, just like reinforcement.
Punishment is used to change a behavior, reinforcement to keep it. Negative means to take something away, and positive means to add something.
I was using this definition when I gave my long answer.
The beginning of my post, when I said I want to say no, I was going with the laymen definition of punishment, as being a bad thing and not pleasant.
I wanted to explain, because if a T or psychologist or psychiatrist uses the term, one might need to ask for clarification...
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I read about operant conditioning in the book
Skinner's Box; it really freaked me out, so I couldn't help but make a comment about it. It's what's used for rat experiments. Not sure it's safe for humans.
