Conclusion
Homework is an essential component of behavior therapy. Homework affords patients the opportunity to be their own therapists and to solidify the learning that took place during sessions. This opportunity to practice being one’s own therapist likely plays an important role in maintaining treatment gains and preventing relapse once treatment is over. Given the relationship of homework to outcome, it is essential that therapists are careful about the way that they assign and review homework and take care of issues of noncompliance as soon as they arise.
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Ledley, D.R., Huppert, J.D. (2007). Behavior Therapy. In: Kazantzis, N., LĽAbate, L. (eds) Handbook of Homework Assignments in Psychotherapy. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-29681-4_2
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