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19 Ιουλ 2024 · Exposure therapy helps break the fear-avoidance cycle by exposing you to the source of your fear in a safe environment. The goal of exposure therapy is to help you overcome your fear so the object, activity, or situation doesn’t cause anxiety, and you can engage with it meaningfully.
This guide offers an easy-to-follow roadmap for creating an exposure hierarchy, which is often the centerpiece of exposure therapy. Also known as a “fear hierarchy” or “fear ladder,” an exposure hierarchy is a list of scenarios that the client rates from least-distressing to most-distressing.
26 Μαρ 2024 · Engaging in exposure therapy for social anxiety is not only possible but also empowering when done independently. This step-by-step guide will provide some practical insights and exercises to help you gradually confront and overcome social fears.
How To Do It. STEP 1. Make a list of situations, places or objects that you fear. For example, if you are afraid of dogs, the list may include: looking at pictures of dogs; standing across the park from a dog on a leash; standing in the same room as a dog on a leash; standing a few feet from a dog; or petting a puppy.
Exposure therapy is an essential component of evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) treatments for phobia, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and social anxiety disorder.
24 Μαρ 2014 · Exposure-based treatments share both an overarching strategy and set of therapeutic goals, encouraging the patient to confront fear-eliciting stimuli. The chapter reviews the following exposure augmentation strategies: anxiety control strategies; pharmacological strategies; cognitive strategies; guided mastery; and fading of safety behaviors.
Our What is Exposure Therapy? handout is an accessible and informative overview that eases clients into the idea of exposure therapy and what it entails. This info sheet emphasizes the safety of exposure therapy and reassures clients that a professional will guide them every step of the way.
