Behavior Therapy for children mainly focuses on problematic thoughts and behaviors of children. Some of these are:
- Temper Tantrums
- Crying spells
- Irritability and proneness to anger
- Fear of darkness/ being alone/ etc
- Excessive worrying
- Shyness/ Difficulty in public speaking
- Rivalry with sibling
- Disobedience
- Stealing/ Lying/ Manipulating/ etc
- Washing hands repeatedly/ counting/ arranging
- Refusal to go to school
- Hitting/ Destroying property/ Setting a fire
- Inappropriate sexual behavior