Systemstic Desensitisation Flashcards
1
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What is systematic desensitisation?
A
A behavioural therapy designed to reduce phobias through classical conditioning creating a new response to the phobia.
2
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What is the anxiety hierarchy?
A
Client and therapist construct a list of situations related to the phobic stimulus they provoke anxiety and arrange them from most frightening to least.
3
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What is the relaxation part of systematic desensitisation?
A
Therapist teaches client how to relax, for example breathing techniques.
4
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What is the exposure part of systematic desensitisation?
A
Client is exposed to their phobic stimulus when in a relaxed state starting at the bottom of the anxiety hierarchy and working up.
