"Dysfunctional behaviors" refers to actions or habits that are not healthy or helpful for individuals or their relationships. These behaviors can create problems and prevent people from functioning well in their daily lives.
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To the Fed's credit, the majority of FOMC members in January 2008 based their policy decisions on the mounting
dysfunctional behavior of the financial markets rather than ephemeral coincident indicators such as real GDP growth.
Addiction therapy focuses on education about the route to recovery: analyzing underlying thought and habits, ceasing problematic relationships, and
changing dysfunctional behaviors and thought patterns.
She has been running workshop intensives in her private practice for 13 years using Pia Mellody's Post Induction Treatment method that investigates and treats the origins of
adult dysfunctional behaviors.
Couples Counseling works with the couple - system and allows the couple to have a more objective view of their relationship,
modify dysfunctional behavior, decrease emotional avoidance, improve communication, and promote their strengths.
This technique attempts to find the member, or members, of a family who absorb the majority of emotions and conflicts that occur between members of the family and place himself or herself at risk
from dysfunctional behavior.
From the perspective of Forward, financial support of Haredi families not only diverts scarce dollars from the more deserving Jewish poor who recognize the imperative of «egalitarianism,» but also encourages what economists term «moral hazard,» the subsidizing of economically and
socially dysfunctional behavior.
One or both partners may feel despair, hopeless, or may be coping
with dysfunctional behaviors like alcohol abuse, drugs, sexual power struggles or sexual acting - out -LRB-... infidelity).
Restraining orders have become a huge part of the court's work,
as dysfunctional behavior and lack of self - restraint continues to grow in society.
Sexologist Dr. Winter has helped many with obsessive desires and
dysfunctional behaviors for love (often unrequited), intimacy and connection achieve a more balanced and happy dating life.
Affairs, addictions, and abuse are what I call the «hard» reasons for divorce because they
represent dysfunctional behaviors that impact the human dignity and safety of the spouse and usually the children.
For over 25 years I've specialized in helping biological, legal guardian, step, foster and adoptive families with difficult or challenging children to understand and
transform dysfunctional behaviors, so they may experience joy in their lives and peace in their family relationships.
It is important to distinguish between parental concern that falls within the normative range, and
compensatory dysfunctional behavior, which is focused on the parents and attempts to mitigate the parent's anxiety.
On one side, in fact, the massage context might have acted as a buffering factor, preventing the mothers from
enacting dysfunctional behaviors that otherwise could have been adopted; on the other hand, instead, finding themselves in a new situation and being asked to do something new (massaging their babies while being videotaped) might have made interactions more challenging for these women.
Bowenian family therapy was developed by U.S. psychiatrist Dr. Murray Bowen to explain the relationships that take place within a family group and can lead to
dysfunctional behavior by one or more members of the group.
-RRB-, child trauma cases are often highly charged and ``... this can cause problems for therapists who are susceptible to splitting, or parallel process, rescuing, collusion and
other dysfunctional behaviors.
«In a world of too much information, Good Enough Parenting teaches parents how to MEET CORE NEEDS, and, at the same time, how to avoid passing down their
own dysfunctional behaviors.
Clinicians trained in other approaches (psychodynamic, cognitivism, cognitive - behavioural, family therapy, hypnosis, Gestalt, etc.) find that EMDR allows them to use what they already know regarding the client's history: EMDR therapy helps identify the earlier memories that cause maladaptive defenses and intra-psychic mechanisms and facilitates the processing of those memories and experiences, that are likely
causing dysfunctional behavior and irrational cognitions.
It is our hope that this lawsuit will break the past, persistent patterns of
dysfunctional behavior — making it possible to create a truly independent board and hire a truly great CEO.
I have spoken of the difference in the black community between the «enemy without» — racism — and the «enemy within» —
the dysfunctional behavior of young blacks that perpetuates poverty and dependency.
Nevertheless, without exaggerating the extent of the decline of the work ethic among the poor, one should note that community leaders in the inner cities are themselves increasingly concerned about
the dysfunctional behavior of the poor.
It will only perpetuate the girl's shame and misery, and enable the pastor to continue in his abusive,
dysfunctional behaviors.
Too many Pentecostal organizations lack any structure for safe criticism of
dysfunctional behavior, aberrant teaching or abusive practices on the part of leaders and powerful ministers.
Their dysfunctional behavior can influence the way their children see themselves and the world around them.
Now the media celebrates, and pays money for, the exhibition of
dysfunctional behavior.
Findings support the multidimensional theory of perfectionism, which states that perfectionism exists on a continuum with healthy to
dysfunctional behaviors.
Turning
their dysfunctional behavior into profit is your opportunity.
«Puppies provided with poor socialization or deprived of environmental exposure often develop lifelong deficits and
dysfunctional behaviors.
With consistent practice, I am convinced that Brie's
dysfunctional behavior will be totally eliminated.
No matter how righteous the effort, the chances of favorably impacting
the dysfunctional behavior of the political elite and the ideologically motivated are slim and none.
Whether working with a practice group, an executive team or the members of some firm's strategic planning committee, I continue to be struck by
the dysfunctional behavior that is often present in group meetings.
If you are a professional (lawyer, counselor, evaluator, parenting coordinator, mediator, judge), then you may be concerned that other professionals will not really understand the seriousness of one of the parent's
dysfunctional behavior.
Part II of this article (August, High Conflict Institute / Unhooked Books Report) focuses on how the adversarial process of litigation escalates
the dysfunctional behavior of those with mental health problems, creating larger public health problems and expense, and how these parties confound the adversarial process of decision - making.
Part II will be published in the August issue of the High Conflict Institute / Unhooked Books eNewsletter and will focus on how the adversarial process of litigation escalates
the dysfunctional behavior of those with mental health problems, creating larger public health problems and expense, and how these parties confound the adversarial process of decision - making.