An Ordnance Survey Map: Behavioural Approaches

As with psychodynamic social work, the application of behavioural theory to social work was taken initially from clinical psychology and then adapted to a wide range of social work situations. We will identify three waves of theory and therapy that have developed firstly from traditional behaviour therapy based on the work of Pavlov (1960), Skinner (1958) and Bandura (1969, 1977). The second wave of cognitive behaviour therapy uses theories of cognitive models of disorders and behaviour and social learning principles to develop a cognitive behaviour modification based on the work of Beck (1967), Ellis (1962), Seligman (1992), Linehan (1993), Ward and Mann (2004), Ward et al. (2007), Ryle (1990, 1997) and Fonagy and Target (2006). The third wave of cognitive behaviour therapy is multimodal, incorporating elements from psychoanalysis, evolutionary, social, developmental and Buddhist psychology based on the work of Segal et al. (2002), Hayes et al. (2007) and Gilbert (2009)