Systematic desensitisation

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    • What is SD ?
      Behavioural exposure therapy designed to gradually reduce phobic anxiety through TPM
    • What is the SD procedure?
      1)Anxiety Hierarchy
      2)Relaxation
      3)Exposure
    • What is an anxiety hierarchy?
      A list of situations that provoke anxiety linked to the phobic stimulus from least to most feared
    • What is relaxation?
      Relaxation techniques like muscle relaxation used as there is reciprocal inhibition between fear and relaxation
    • What is exposure?
      The client is exposed to the phobic stimulus in the form of least feared situation to most feared.