Systematic desensitisation

Systematic desensitisation is a behavioural therapy designed to gradually reduce phobic anxiety through the principle of classical conditioning

• Counter-conditioning: a new response to the phobic stimulus is learned as the phobic stimulus is paired with relaxation instead of anxiety 
• Reciprocal inhibitiation: it is impossible to be afraid and relaxed at the same time so one emotion prevents the other 
• The anxiety hierarchy: put…