Treating phobias

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Last updated 11:25 AM on 10/5/26
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Systematic desensitisation

Gradually overcoming a phobia

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Flooding

Immediate exposure to a phobia in order to overcome it

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Anxiety hierarchy

A list of situations ranked on how much anxiety they produce

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Reciprocal inhibition

A deep state of relaxation used to overcome a phobia as realisation and anxiety can’t happen at the same time.

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Exposure

The client is exposed to the phobia whist in reciprocal inhibition

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Extinction

When the client quickly learns that the phobic stimulus is harmless

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Limitation of SD

A very long process

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Limitation of flooding

Highly traumatic experience