Component 2

• what is component 2?

  covert sensitisation
• what is covert sensitisation?

  unique type of aversion therapy following same principle but without directly experiencing the unpleasant consequences
• what does covert sensitisation rely on?

  client imagination
• how does covert sensitisation work?

  client is asked to imagine scenarios that can get progressively worse in order to avoid undesirable behaviour
• what is the example for covert sensitisation?

  alcoholism
• how does covert sensitisation work for alcoholism?

  alcoholic asked by therapist to imagine upsetting/repulsive/frightening scenes while they're drinking alcohol
• what does the therapist do?

  verbally encourage them to imagine scenarios that get progressively worse
• what is an example of the progressively worse scenarios?

  from imagining feeling sick after drinking alcohol to imagining vomiting over someone on a first date due to drinking alcohol too much