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Exposure

22 techniques · 9 approaches
ACT
Exposure + Values
Exposure + Values
The ACT version of exposure: not simply entering the feared situation, but entering while holding the value at the center. Values become the…
CBT
Behavioral Experiment
Behavioral Experiment
A planned real-world test of a belief. The client states a prediction, designs a safe experiment, performs it, and compares prediction with …
CFT
Compassionate Exposure
Compassionate Exposure
An adaptation of classical exposure in CFT: the client meets avoided situations, emotions, or memories from the position of the compassionat…
ERT
Experiential Exposure (ERT)
Experiential Exposure (ERT)
Experiencing avoided emotions in session while using ERT skills: motivational awareness, decentering, sensory awareness, regulatory flexibil…
PE
Emotional Engagement During Imaginal Exposure
Emotional Engagement During Imaginal Exposure
A core PE technique in which the client revisits the trauma memory aloud in the present tense so that the fear structure can activate and up…
PE
Hot Spot Imaginal Exposure and Processing
Hot Spot Imaginal Exposure and Processing
A core PE technique in which the client revisits the trauma memory aloud in the present tense so that the fear structure can activate and up…
PE
Imaginal Exposure / Trauma Revisiting
Imaginal Exposure / Trauma Revisiting
A core PE technique in which the client revisits the trauma memory aloud in the present tense so that the fear structure can activate and up…
PE
In Vivo Avoidance Hierarchy Construction
In Vivo Avoidance Hierarchy Construction
A PE technique for approaching safe real-life trauma reminders step by step, using a hierarchy and SUDS ratings to reverse avoidance.
PE
In Vivo Exposure
In Vivo Exposure
A PE technique for approaching safe real-life trauma reminders step by step, using a hierarchy and SUDS ratings to reverse avoidance.
PE
Managing Dissociation During Exposure
Managing Dissociation During Exposure
A Prolonged Exposure technique for working with PTSD through structured activation of trauma reminders, reduction of avoidance, and careful …
PE
Meaning of Trauma / Altered World Beliefs Processing
Meaning of Trauma / Altered World Beliefs Processing
A Prolonged Exposure technique for working with PTSD through structured activation of trauma reminders, reduction of avoidance, and careful …
PE
Post-Exposure Processing / Discussion
Post-Exposure Processing / Discussion
A Prolonged Exposure technique for working with PTSD through structured activation of trauma reminders, reduction of avoidance, and careful …
PE
Rationale for Exposure: Explaining Habituation
Rationale for Exposure: Explaining Habituation
A Prolonged Exposure technique for working with PTSD through structured activation of trauma reminders, reduction of avoidance, and careful …
REBT
Risk-Taking / In Vivo Desensitization
Risk-Taking / In Vivo Desensitization
A behavioral technique: the client performs an action they have been avoiding because of fear of failure, judgment, or discomfort. Ellis pre…
REBT
Shame-Attacking Exercises
Shame-Attacking Exercises
The client deliberately does something "awkward" or "embarrassing" in a public place — not to cause harm, but to confront the fear of social…
Schema
Behavioral Experiments
Behavioral Experiments
The client plans and carries out real behavior that contradicts their schema or coping mechanism. The aim is to gain direct experience that …
Schema
Pattern-Breaking / Breaking Coping Styles
Pattern-Breaking / Breaking Coping Styles
Systematic identification and replacement of dysfunctional behavior that sustains the schema through three coping mechanisms: avoidance, sur…
TF-CBT
Gradual Exposure
Gradual Exposure
A TF-CBT technique for helping a child or adolescent process trauma with developmentally appropriate skills, caregiver support, and gradual …
TF-CBT
In Vivo Mastery of Trauma Reminders
In Vivo Mastery of Trauma Reminders
A TF-CBT technique for helping a child or adolescent process trauma with developmentally appropriate skills, caregiver support, and gradual …
UP
Anchored Breathing
Anchored Breathing
Using breath as an anchor for awareness during emotion work, without turning breathing into a safety behavior or avoidance strategy.
UP
Emotion Exposure
Emotion Exposure
Systematic exposure to avoided emotions in real situations using all UP skills: mindful awareness, cognitive flexibility, and opposite actio…
UP
Exposure Hierarchy Construction
Exposure Hierarchy Construction
Creating a graded list of situations, sensations, or emotions that the client avoids, ranked by expected distress.
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