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No, if a specific trigger is not relevant or applicable, then the intervention or strategy of identifying and eliminating trigger is not the focus for intervention.The therapeutic or other challenge if a specific trigger not being relevant or applicable is that the negative behavior may be unpredictable or opportunistic. Uncovering how and why the behavior occurs is challenging if a pattern is not readily identified. If the behavior is opportunistic, then the challenge is to eliminate any opportunities for the behavior. This may be difficult.
No, if opportunism is not relevant or applicable for the behavior, then the intervention or strategy of eliminating opportunities would not be a primary focus for intervention.The therapeutic or other challenge that results if opportunism is not relevant or applicable is that negative behavior may be unpredictable or intensely triggered. Lack of predictability makes intervention or protection difficult. Identifying relevant triggers may be difficult as well.
No, if a strong sense of entitlement for the behavior is not relevant or applicable, then the intervention or strategy indicated is to directly assert harm to the individual that his or her behavior as being wrong, inappropriate, and ineffective to his or her greater goals.The therapeutic or other challenge if a strong sense of entitlement is not relevant or applicable is that the direct intervention or strategy to assert his or her behavior as being wrong risks causing the individual to feel judged and thus, provoke defensiveness.
No, if self-righteousness is not relevant or applicable to the individual's behavior, then the intervention or strategy indicated is to strong assert amorality of the behavior. And, one can assert that the individual is failing his or her own values.The therapeutic or other challenge if self-righteousness is not relevant or applicable is the risk of sounding judgmental about the individual. This may provoke defensive behavior that is also problematic. While the individual may not appear self-righteous, he or she may have implicit or secret dysfunctional values that need to be uncovered.
No, if ego-syntonic perception is not relevant or applicable and the individual perceives his or her behavior as ego-dystonic (against one sense of self), then the intervention or strategy indicated is challenge the individual that he or she has failed his or her existing positive sense of self.The therapeutic or other challenge if ego-syntonic perception is not relevant or applicable is finding and evoking positive motivating but non-shaming adaptations in self-definition. For example, "That's not who you want to be," must not imply "You're wrong or bad for who you are."
No, if the individual's behavior is not tied to self-esteem and thus not relevant or applicable, then the intervention or strategy indicated is to challenge problematic behavior directly. The behavior's lack of positive functionality or negative consequences would be more compelling for change rather than tying change in behavior to self-esteem.The therapeutic or other challenge if self-esteem is not readily or apparently relevant or applicable is a direct intervention or strategy is risk of triggering resistance or defensiveness based on unidentified other motivations.
No, if intense emotional arousal is not relevant or applicable to the individual's behavior, then the intervention or strategy indicated is to focus on logic or functionality of behavior to activate change.The therapeutic or other challenge when emotional arousal is not relevant or applicable- that is, the individual chooses problematic behavior dispassionately is that emotional disconnection may be an indication of other severe underlying issues. This can include disassociation and trauma or underlying narcissistic personality disorder or antisocial personality disorder.
No, if the individual gaining pleasure from the behavior is not relevant or applicable- that is, the behavior causes displeasure, then the intervention or strategy indicated is to intensify already adverse consequences. Confronting the individual with other likely or imminent negative unpleasant consequences may be effective.The therapeutic or other challenge is pleasure in the behavior is not relevant or applicable is that interventions or strategies intensifying unpleasant consequences risk causing resentment and causing the individual to feel victimized.
No, if resentment is not relevant or applicable as motivating the behavior, then the intervention or strategy indicated is to directly focus on benefits and functionality of the behavior. Behavior not buttressed by resentments are more likely to be retained or relinquished based on merit- that is, whether it works in the individual's best interests.The therapeutic or other challenge resentment appears not to be relevant or applicable is the existence of hidden and unacknowledged resentments that drive behavior.
No, if functional reinforcement is not relevant or applicable to the behavior, then the intervention or strategy indicated is identify and apply negative consequences to the behavior. In addition, other motivations to avoid negative behavior and substitute positive behavior need to be identified and activated.The therapeutic or other challenge when functional reinforcement is not apparently relevant or applicable may be difficulty identifying compelling relevant negative or positive reinforcements.
No, if behavior and perceptions are revealed to be not transitory and thus, not relevant or applicable, then the intervention or strategy indicated is first to identify the underlying causes and patterns of behavior and perception. Next intervention or strategy is to deal with the causes and then to break negative patterns while perpetuating and extending positive patterns.The therapeutic or other challenge if transitory behavior or perceptions are not relevant or applicable is difficulty in altering habitual or characterological issues and patterns.
No, if the individual isolating or avoiding social interaction is not relevant or applicable, then the intervention or strategy indicated is to activate social responsibility, reputation concerns, and negative social consequences.The therapeutic or other challenge if isolation and avoidance is not relevant or applicable is that there may be social dynamics, peer group and/or media culture that validate negative behavior.
No, if a desire to be social is not relevant or applicable to the individual, then the intervention or strategy indicated is to emphasize negative non-social consequences. In addition, mechanisms to create feedback are required.The therapeutic or other challenge if desire to be social is not relevant or applicable is the individual's continued lack or avoidance of (denial, minimizing, projection) reality checks and social feedback.
No, if remorse is not relevant or applicable to the individual, then the intervention or strategy indicated is to find other personal motivations for change.The therapeutic or other challenge if remorse is not relevant or applicable is the lack of guilt or shame in harming others does not exist to motivate change. The individual does not care whether he or she has or will harm others.
No, if empathy in the individual is not relevant or applicable- that is, he or she lacks empathy, then the intervention or strategy indicated is to facilitate emotional relatedness, or this proves difficult to find alternative motivations for the individual to change behavior.The therapeutic or other challenge if not having empathy- that is, empathy for another as not relevant or applicable is that the individual may experience a feelings competition where only one person's (obviously, his or her own) feelings may exist and the other person's feelings are dismissed. This automatically complicates compassion-based therapy. Lack of empathy may be due to an underlying antisocial personality disorder.
No, if personal history of the behavior as repetitious is not relevant or applicable, then the intervention or strategy is to problem-solve behavior based on each situation.The therapeutic or other challenge if repetitious personal history of the behavior is not relevant or applicable is to identify and address hidden, secret, unexpected, and unacknowledged influences for the behavior.