Trina attempts to overcome her fear of clowns by learning how to shift from a feeling of tension to one of calm and relaxation.
Next, she is asked to imagine different situations, each more anxiety-provoking than the previous. She only proceeds to the next situation if she can maintain her feeling of relaxation. Trina's therapist is using __________ to remove her fear. a. person-centered therapy
b. systematic desensitization
c. modeling
d. exposure therapy
Trina's therapist is using "systematic desensitization" to remove her fear.
Explanation:
Systematic desensitization is a sort of behavioral therapy in view of the standard of classical conditioning. It was produced by Wolpe amid the 1950s. This treatment means to expel the dread reaction of a fear, and substitute an unwinding reaction to the conditional stimulus steadily utilizing counter conditioning.
