Flooding

• Flooding involves exposing patients to their phobic stimulus without a gradual build-up in an anxiety hierarchy
• It involves immediate exposure to a very frightening situation
• Sessions are typically longer than SD sessions, with one session often lasting 2-3 hours
• Sometimes only one session is needed to cure a phobia

How does it work?

• Flooding stops phobic responses very quickly
• This may be because, without the option of…