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Phobias

6 techniques · 5 approaches
CBT
Graded Exposure
Graded Exposure
A step-by-step behavioral technique for reducing fear and avoidance. The client builds a hierarchy of feared situations, starts with managea…
CBT
Systematic Desensitization
Systematic Desensitization
A gentler exposure method combining relaxation with gradual imagined contact with feared situations. The client first learns relaxation, the…
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…
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" — …
Frankl
Paradoxical Intention
Paradoxical Intention
The client deliberately wishes for, or tries to bring on, precisely what they fear. The technique breaks the vicious circle of anticipatory …
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…
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