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Fear

6 techniques · 6 approaches
DBT
Opposite Action
Opposite Action
When the emotion does not fit the facts of the situation — do the action opposite to the urge that the emotion produces. Fear says "flee" — …
EFT for Couples
Working with Fear of Closeness
Working with Fear of Closeness
Inquiry into the fears that prevent accepting closeness: "If I show vulnerability — I will be hurt. If I let in — I will lose myself." Norma…
EMDR
Phobia Protocol
Phobia Protocol
A specialized protocol for processing specific phobias on the basis of the three-pronged protocol. A phobia often has an original traumatic …
Gestalt
Guided Fantasy
Guided Fantasy
The therapist leads the client through an imagined scene to activate feelings, resources, or inner conflicts. It differs from medical visual…
IFS
Unburdening
Unburdening
The central transforming technique of IFS. After the Exile has been seen, given a corrective experience, and retrieved into the present, it …
Yalom
Distinguishing Anxiety Types (May / Yalom)
Distinguishing Anxiety Types (May / Yalom)
Distinguishing neurotic anxiety (a signal of a concrete threat — real or imagined, requiring action) from existential anxiety (about the ver…
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