Eileen goes to a therapist for help in losing weight.She and her therapist develop a written agreement spelling out weekly,step-by-step methods for Eileen to use in order to reach her weight goal.The plan specifies rewards for reaching weekly goals and penalties for not achieving them.Eileen's therapist is using which of the following methods?

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Eileen's therapist is using contingency contract, which is a formal written agreement between the therapist and the client that outlines the specific behavior changes the client agrees to make and the consequences that will follow. The plan specifies rewards for reaching weekly goals and penalties for not achieving them, which is a characteristic of contingency contracts. Classical conditioning involves pairing a neutral stimulus with a response to produce a learned response, desensitization is a method used to treat phobias, and a token economy involves earning tokens that can be exchanged for rewards. None of these methods fit the scenario described.

Eileen Goes to a Therapist for Help in Losing Weight