FEAR AND ANXIETY REDUCTION PROCEDURES PT.2 Flashcards
What are the 3 Attention-focusing exercises
Guided Imagery
Autogenic Training
Meditation
What is Guided Imagery
the person imagines pleasant and peaceful scenes and images to relax. The therapist guides the person though a script.
What is Autogenic Training
The person imagines peasant scenes while experiencing bodily sensations like warmth
What are the 4 components of Meditation
- quiet location
- comfortable posture
3.open attitude - focus
What is Behavioural Relaxation Training
relaxing muscle groups and adopting certain postures
What are the steps in Systematic Desensitization
- Person Learns Relaxation
- Person develops a stimulus hierachry
- Therapist describes their fear (CS) while they are in a state of relaxation
What scale is a 0-100 scale that is used to rate the amount of fear produced by a given CS
Subjective Units of Discomfort Scale
What is Reciprocal Inhibition
when the relaxation response decreases the fear response
What are the PROS of systematic desensitation
- Highly effective and is maintained over time
- Often improves other areas of emotional functioning
- effective in other anxiety related problems
What is In-Vivo desensitization
the person is gradually exposed to the actual stimulus that is producing fear, and the person practices self-statements to cope with the situation and avoids statements that will make the anxiety worse
What is In-Vivo Desensitization effective for
Anxiety Disorders, Obsessions, and Compulsions
What is Flooding
the person is exposed to a highly fears object/situation for a prolonged period of time with out being able to escape
What is Modelling
The person watches someone else perform the feared behaviour
What are the 3 types of modelling
Participant, Videotaped, and Computer-aided modelling.
