a type of treatment that includes gradually bringing patients into contact with a feared object or situation; patients learn that the object or situation can be faced and that avoidance is unnecessary
A type of therapy used to treat anxiety disorders such as OCD or a phobia, where a patient is put in a situation that will provoke anxiety, and they must learn to refrain from compulsive rituals or panic.
a form of behavior therapy in which a survivor confronts feelings or phobias or anxieties about a traumatic event and relives it in the therapy situation
Exposure therapy is a form of cognitive behavioural therapy used to help people who have experienced traumas. It uses careful, repeated and detailed experience of the real or imagined trauma in a safe and supportive environment to help the person face and gain control of the fear and distress that was overwhelming.
The most common treatment for patients whose lives are dominated by avoiding those situations they fear most. This type of therapy "exposes" individuals gradually to feared situations so they can be taught how to deal with them on a rational level.
A form of behavioral therapy that slowly exposes a person to whatever triggers their problem.
A type of talk therapy in which people with phobias face the thoughts, situations, and things they fear.
