When It Is Used
Use it between sessions when a selected recurring disliked behavior is suitable for deliberate, bounded simulation and the therapist wants to review whether home responses are less avoidant or escalatory.
Faking Negative Behaviors at Home Between Sessions
Faking Negative Behaviors at Home Between Sessions is an IBCT homework tool for couple therapists. It helps practitioners assign one safe, agreed simulation of a recurring disliked partner behavior and review partner observations about triggers, emotions, impulses, limits, and responses at home.
Configure a sample homework assignment, preview the partner observation form, then review the demo trial timeline.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
Important Limits
The tool does not choose the target behavior, judge safety, prescribe exposure intensity, verify behavior, assign blame, or produce diagnostic conclusions. Limit concerns interrupt ordinary continuation for practitioner review.
Repeat Use
Repeated trials remain tied to their target and limits. If configuration changes, history distinguishes old and revised assignments so comparisons remain descriptive.
Does the tool decide which behavior is safe to simulate?
No. The practitioner defines the target behavior and limits; the tool only organizes the assignment and reported observations.
Can partners stop or skip the exercise?
Yes. Partners can mark the trial skipped, stopped, or not safe or appropriate to continue, and the result preserves that state for review.
Does it score whether tolerance improved?
No. It can show descriptive changes in reported escalation, avoidance, or flexibility across trials, but clinical meaning remains practitioner interpreted.
Can both partners submit separate reports?
Yes. Separate reporting is a configurable mode, and partner disagreement is preserved rather than forced into one account.