Psychological therapies (SD,REBT)

Systematic Desensitisation (SD):

• Learn feared stimlus,not scared, anxiety blocks recovery. Introduces fear gradually. Based on counter-conditioning. WOLPE systematic desensitisation overcome anxiety by relaxation technique, fear eventually dispelled.
• Use to present fear then use relaxation technique, recent years changed to below (imagine) Useful when anxiety is main difficulty, treating phobias,shyness.
• 1:Taught how to relax completly. 2:therapist and patient make desensitisation hierachy. 3:Patient works through desensitisation hierachy, visualises anxiety then uses relaxation. 4:Once 1 step mastered move onto the next. 5:Eventually masters feared situation.

Strengths:

• Quick, requires less effort for patient. May be only possible treatments for certains, severe learning difficulties.
• Succesful…