Flooding

Also involves exposing a person to their phobic stimulus but there is no…

Gradual build-up in an anxiety hierarchy

Instead, flooding involves ___________ to a very frightening situation

Immediate exposure

So a person with arachnophobia receiving flooding treatment might have a large…

Spider crawl over them for an extended period

These sessions typically last…

Two to three hours

Sometimes only one long session is needed…

To ‘cure’ a phobia

It is not ______, but it is an unpleasant experience so it is important that client give ______________ to the traumatic procedure and that they are __________ before a session

Unethical

Fully informed consent

Fully prepared

A client would typically be given the choice of…

Systematic desensitisation or flooding