Phobia Case Study Essay

While reading the Case Study about the Phobia in the Nine Year old boy, I did see that they seven themes were found throughout the study. The boy clearly exhibited behaviors that needed to be controlled and that was very apparent throughout the study, thankfully he did get these issues sorted out. The first theme, Primacy of behavior was shown by throughout the study, I saw in in this example “A series of specific traumatic events commenced with Daniel 's near-drowning when five years old. Toward the end of his third grade, he underwent a serious appendectomy with critical complications, which was followed by painful postoperative experiences in a doctor 's consulting room. During one of these examinations, as Daniel bitterly recounted, …show more content…
The overall diminution of the boy 's anxieties together with the general gains that had accrued to his home situation, made it therapeutically feasible for he the mother to emphasize the fact that school attendance was compulsory, and that social agencies beyond the control of both therapist 's and parents would enforce this requirement eventually” Daniel learned a new behavior, meaning he actually was staying at school instead of wanting to leave and we from previous observations that he couldn’t stand the thought. When reading the explanation of what the importance’s of learning was defined as it said that a part of this theme is that “If learning experiences can alter behavior then a logical extension of this assumption is: What is learned can be unlearned” going back to my previous thought as to how Daniel has learned to be without the crutch of therapist to remain at …show more content…
This important because it shows the entire treatment as a whole and it also shows if it was successful or if it wasn’t. With those findings you can then hopefully better the treatment the next time