Oppositional and Defiant Behaviors
OVerview
We have a structured group setting that allows clients to act out their oppositional behavior within the group, allowing them to identify how that behavior interferes with their capacity to form friendships. We emphasize the social aspect. The cycle is that by being oppositional people may be ostracized leading them to internalize the negative belief about themselves and become even more oppositional. We are tolerant of clients’ stubbornness in the beginning, within limits. We work to help them identify how their behavior interferes with having the kind of relationships that they would like to have. We want to identify the root of the behavior. We don’t focus on the oppositional behaviors, but rather how those behaviors cause problem for clients with their friends and associates. Once we identify the origins, we work to make changes.
