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Personal Narrative Behavioral Analysis

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I like your thorough presentation on how a cognitive-behavioural therapist would conceptualize this family’s presenting issues. The daughter’s thought processes regarding food, resulting into restriction of her food intake must be considered. I agree with you that, the media’s portrayal of beauty (weight) is a positive reinforcement of her behaviour towards food. Looking trough a CBT lens, I would like to know this family’s view about food and weight. I wonder too if the parents fight in front of the daughter and the only time the fighting stops is when the mother pays attention to her during meal time and the father moving away. Thus, the parents reactions are negative reinforcement to her behaviour.

Tracking the daughter’s behaviour as

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