studies

• research support for treating phobias- Lang and Lazovik used systematic desensitisation on a group of people with a phobia of snakes, their phobic symptoms significantly reduced after therapy compared to a group who did not have the treatment
• flooding for treating phobias- Wolpe put a patient with a fear of cars in the back of her car and drove her around continuously for hours, her fear response was initially very high but then her anxiety decreased gradually, and by the end of the journey, her phobia had completely disappeared