Module 9 : Anxiety Therapies and Treatments (Part I)

Objectives Definition of a phobia and common types of phobias; Definition of exposure response prevention therapy; Types of ERP (exposure response prevention) techniques, including in vivo, imaginal, virtual reality and interoceptive; Graded, flooding and systematic desensitisation methods; How to construct a fear hierarchy or ladder. 9.1 Introduction Phobias are irrational fears of situations, places or objects that produce feelings of intense anxiety and discomfort. ...