Greg violated the Conceptually Systematic dimension of ABA This dimension requires that interventions and treatments are explained and designed according to behavior analytic principles Talk therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT while potentially effective in their own domains typically delve into private events mentalisms and constructs that are outside the direct observable and measurable scope of traditional ABA principles As BCBAs our interventions must be rooted in and described by the principles of behavior eg reinforcement punishment extinction Encroaching on methods that are not behavior analytic especially when a client is already under medical care for mental health falls outside the BCBAs scope of practice and violates the conceptually systematic nature of our science The Applied dimension focuses on socially significant behavior Behavioral focuses on observable and measurable behavior and Analytic focuses on demonstrating functional relations between interventions and behavior change while all are important the primary violation here is the conceptual basis of the intervention