The first line of treatment is systematic desensitization also known as exposure therapy which was first described by South African psychiatrist Joseph Wolpe.
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Barber et al . noted that similar factors appeared to mediate the response both to hypnotism and to cognitive behavioural therapy, in particular systematic desensitization.
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It also moved people past their fears by gradually getting them accustomed to being around the things they feared . [ progressive or systematic desensitization]
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His research into recent technological developments has made it possible to integrate virtual reality into systematic desensitization therapy in order to accurately recreate the threatening situation.
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Those who seek counseling for what he calls a post-traumatic phobia can benefit from a regimen of systematic desensitization-- tackling the problem one step at a time.
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Systematic desensitization is a treatment in which the client slowly substitutes a new learned response for a maladaptive response by moving up a hierarchy of situations involving fear.
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In some cases, a previous bad experience may have given a horse reason to fear a specific situation, requiring a form of systematic desensitization to gradually overcome its fear.
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Through what is called systematic desensitization, people are taught to relax in response to their fears, beginning with the things they are least afraid of, working up to their phobia.
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They include relaxation training; systematic desensitization; and education on aerodynamics, weather and safety, as well as tours of the United Airlines training facilities, air traffic control and a parked plane.
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As a practical substitute for systematic desensitization, the amygdala can be taught to regard a stimulus as benign by linking it to an experience already regarded by the amygdala as benign.
