"dr. stanley is a behavioral therapist. we would therefore expect that he attributes the maintenance of anxious behaviors to "

We would expect that Dr. Stanley, being a behavioral therapist, to therefore attribute the maintenance of anxious behaviors to their ability to reduce anxiety.

Dr. Stanley would attribute the reduction of anxiety to anxious behaviors because he believes that this unhealthy behavior can still be changed thru various therapeutic method.

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