The Behavior-Analytic Approach

Abstract

The phenomenon known as resistance represents an experience well-known to clinicians of all persuasions. However, what one clinician labels “resistance” may not be similarly viewed by his fellow clinician. In essence, this discrepancy arises from differing definitions of resistance among and within the various schools of thought. Thus one’s ability to identify and modify resistance will be dependent on one’s approach to clinical phenomena in general.